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View all search resultsWhile hailing more detected cases as an important milestone towards Indonesia's tuberculosis eradication vision, experts warn the government against complacency as health authorities still need more work to do in finding and treating more patients off the infectious respiratory disease.
Some 3.6 million children, or 42 percent of the vaccination target, in East Java, Central Java and Yogyakarta have received the first dose of extra polio vaccine. They are slated to receive the second dose on Jan. 19.
Experts are urging the government to improve its approach and messaging in risk communication to avoid stigmatizing both the disease and patients amid a mpox casesthe country see more cases in the past few weeks.
The illness has long been a scourge in much of Asia and Latin America, causing an estimated 20,000 deaths each year. Rates of the disease have already risen eight-fold globally since 2000, driven largely by climate change as well as the increased movement of people and urbanization.
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