pakai HELM karena takut polisi

Sejak gencarnya pemberlakuan Undang Undang Lalu Lintas Nomor 22 Tahun 2009, maka semua pada rajin makai helm. Alasannya sederhana takut ditilang (versi penulis). Berdasarkan peraturan tersebut denda yang harus ditanggung oleh pengendara tanpa helm adalah sebesar 250.000,- (wah seharga sebuah helm standar) Hitung-hitungan angka kematian di jalan raya dikisaran 30 ribuan tiap tahunnya di negeri [...]

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Fighting TB means eradicating poverty

Fighting TB means eradicating poverty from The Jakarta Post The fear of an avian influenza pandemic has tended to overshadow the fight against other diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). Indonesia has the third highest prevalence of TB in the world after India and China, with around 600,000 patients currently being treated and nearly [...]

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TB and poverty

TB is a major killer of children in poor countries Tuberculosis in children can be neglected. Paediatric TB does not have a high priority in many developing countries as fewer children than adults have the disease and children are not usually infectious, and often, limited resources mean that infectious cases have priority. Vaccination is not [...]

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DOT for the Treatment of Tuberculosis

Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for the Treatment of Tuberculosis What is DOT? DOT means that a trained health care worker or other designated individual (excluding a family member) provides the prescribed TB drugs and watches the patient swallow every dose.   Why use DOT? We cannot predict who will take medications as directed, and who [...]

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