USAID Bersama Menuju Eliminasi dan Bebas dari TB (USAID BEBAS-TB)
USAID Bersama Menuju Eliminasi dan Bebas dari TB (USAID BEBAS-TB)
Project Highlights
Using AI to Amplify Efforts
AI technology enables more accurate TB screening results. USAID BEBAS-TB supported the Malang Health Office in utilizing AI-aided detection to screen 6,514 people—306 were found eligible for TB preventive therapy and 270 have begun treatment.
Screening for Treatment and Prevention
Mobile X-ray units make screening for TB more accessible. At a screening event in North Sumatra, the district health office and local health facility screened over 185 people, surpassing the 150-person goal and identifying 12 cases for follow up.
Using Data to Continuously Improve Care
Through the work of USAID BEBAS-TB, 94 health facilities in North Sumatra and East Java have been trained in data collection tools to identify gaps in TB treatment. Validating and verifying this data creates a framework for health facilities to prioritize issues and target improvements.
Gender and TB Treatment
USAID BEBAS-TB convened an online focus group to discuss how target groups seek TB treatment. In Indonesia, specifically encouraging men to seek treatment is seen as an effective approach to reaching larger portions of TB-vulnerable populations.
Overview
Indonesia has the second highest TB burden in the world. USAID Bersama Menuju Eliminasi dan Bebas dari TB (BEBAS-TB) is a five-year flagship project that strives to work collaboratively with national and international stakeholders to support the Government of Indonesia in achieving its goal to eliminate TB by 2030, focusing primarily on four provinces with high TB burdens: North Sumatra, West Java, Central Java, and East Java.
MSH and its consortium partners provide strategic leadership, mentorship, and technical support to address gaps in Indonesia’s National TB Program and will work toward establishing a resilient, decentralized health care system, built in collaboration with the communities it serves.
The project takes an integrated, holistic approach to:
- Strengthen TB case prevention, detection, and treatment services
- Increase community participation in TB prevention and control activities
- Enhance data collection and reporting to allow for evidence-based decision making
- Improve resource allocation and supply chain management
- Address gaps in existing research to improve TB control
Gotong Royong: Indonesian Villages Lead the Charge in TB Elimination
“Health is a shared responsibility. It’s not only the job of the district health office, primary health care providers, or midwives; every individual has a vital role to play,” said Agus Wantoso, Head of Binangun, Indonesia. “Together, we can create a healthier and more resilient community.”
USAID BEBAS-TB Insights Newsletter (August-October 2024)
Discover the latest news from our team in Indonesia. This newsletter is available in both English and Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia).
Join MSH at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2024
The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2024 takes place in-person from November 12-18 in Bali, Indonesia. Focused on our approaches in Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and Indonesia, our MSH delegates will discuss tuberculosis (TB) prevention and treatment in post-conflict environments, engagement of local organizations to ensure the sustainability of TB programs, and the development of public-private partnerships to elevate TB care delivery. See below for the complete list of MSH’s presence.
Erik Post
Project Director
Project Contact
Dr. Erik Post, MSc, has 30 years’ experience in Africa, Asia, and South America working on TB and leprosy control programs, community-based rehabilitation, health systems research, and health systems approaches. With a track record of managing projects in-country and numerous evaluations, country assessments, and technical support missions, he focuses on achieving practical results and bridging the gap between policy and practice.
Before his work with MSH, Dr. Post worked for the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation as a senior TB consultant. He served as chief of party of the USAID Challenge TB project and, while at FHI 360, as senior TB technical advisor for the USAID TB Private Sector Activity, both in Indonesia. As a senior medical advisor, he has served as a country director in Nigeria and Indonesia and engaged in technical assistance on evaluations, project design, health systems approaches, leprosy control and care, oversight of the TB Reach project (Stop TB Partnership), community-based rehabilitation, and a multicountry major clinical trial. Dr. Post has served as board member of the Task Force Health Care—a Dutch foundation that brings together the medical industry, knowledge institutions, the Dutch government, and NGOs—and a member of the Advisory Board of the Stop TB Partnership in Indonesia.
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Donors & Partners
Donors
The United States Agency for International Development
Partners
Perhimpunan Organisasi Pasien TB Indonesia (POP TB)
Rumah Cemara
Vital Strategies
Yayasan Dokter Peduli (DoctorSHARE)
Yayasan Kemitraan Strategis Tuberkulosis Indonesia (STPI)