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Poor environmental and social conditions may drive up TB transmission in high-burden Asian countries, while climate change-driven disasters can also potentially disrupt testing and treatment, health experts said.
A woman and her children are tested for tuberculosis (TB) at a community health center (Puskesmas) on May 14, 2025, in Bandung, West Java. (Antara/Abdan Syakura)
Health experts have called for faster tuberculosis prevention and response efforts, with the climate crisis potentially increasing people’s vulnerability to the disease and complicating its elimination, particularly in high-burden Asian countries such as Indonesia.TB, a contagious bacterial infection that primarily attacks lungs, infected at least 10.7 million people and claimed 1.23 million lives in 2024. Much of the global burden is concentrated in Asia, with Indonesia accounting for 10 percent of cases, the second highest after India (25 percent).
