Deadly Intersection: TB and Smoking in Indonesia
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In an article by Asia Sentinel, Tara Singh Bam examines connection between smoking and tuberculosis in Indonesia.
Two of the world’s major scourges – smoking and tuberculosis – have combined to give Indonesia the world’s second highest TB burden, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Report 2023, with India being home to the largest such burden.
