Two million people worldwide die each year from tuberculosis. World
Health Organization (WHO) reported in Indonesia in 2006 found 14.4
million cases of tuberculosis with 38 deaths per 100,000 population. As many as 98 percent of deaths occur in the productive age population.
Although it has been available antituberculosis drugs (TB), TB remains a major global health problem. The
causes, characteristics of the bacteria that causes TB, Mycobacterium
tuberculosis, is able to evade the human immune system so it is
sometimes less effective therapy.
