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Indonesia’s Uneven Struggle Against TB

Second-highest number of cases worldwide after India

Oct 7

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By: Rita Widiadana

Indonesia is still struggling to fight the scourge of tuberculosis, with the second-highest number of cases worldwide after India. In 2021, the country was estimated to have a staggering 759 cases per 100,000 people, more than double the World Health Organization’s 2021 estimate of 354 and more than five times the global average of 134 per 100,000. World Bank data stated that the economic burden of TB in Indonesia is substantial, estimated that the overall annual cost of TB in the country is US$6.9 billion annually.

Under the current President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo, the Indonesian government has shown a strong commitment to TB elimination by 2030 by the issuance of a presidential decree requiring multi-sector collaboration involving 17 ministries including the Health, Finance, Home Affairs, Research and Technology ministries and the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture along with governors and mayors to prioritize and take the lead on TB elimination in their jurisdictions. The government targets to reduce TB to 65 per 100,000 by 2030. Domestic TB funding doubled from US$109 million in 2019 to $155 million in 2020, right before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2022, funding reached US$172 million from domestic (44 percent) and international sources (56 percent)…

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