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VIVA – In celebration of World hypertension day, May 17, 2022 the PTM Alliance (Non-Communicable Disease Alliance held a virtual press conference with the theme "Control of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors for a Healthier Indonesia" on May 18, 2022. The purpose of this event is to give more information about non-communicable diseases and the causes.

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This event was hosted by Nina Samidi as moderator and attended by Dr Rita Damayanti, MPSH as Head of Public Education and Community Empowerment of Komnas, Dr Elvieda Sariwati as Plt. Director of P2PTM of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr Ade Meidian Ambari as General Secretary of the Indonesian PTM Alliance, Gita Kusnadi, MPH as Plt. CISDI Research Manager, and Anita Sabidi as a member of PERSADA and IKADAR.

Non-communicable diseases or locally known as PTM include diabetes, hypertension, cancer, heart disease, and others.

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First, dr Ade Meidian Ambari as General Secretary of the Indonesian PTM alliance conveyed about the burden that Indonesia faces in health due to non-communicable diseases which are worrying.

“Indonesia faces a health burden due to non-communicable diseases that are increasingly worrying. It is known that 73% of the causes of death in Indonesia are caused by non-communicable diseases, the trend of increasing PTM in the young age group is getting higher, PTM contributes as a cause of poverty and hinders socio-economic growth and ironically, 80% of PTM is caused by a lifestyle that can actually be prevented.” said dr Ade Meidian Ambari.

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According to him, the main factor of non-communicable diseases is smoking. Smoking is a risk factor that contributes to all causes of PTM death. Then, consume a lot of salt and saturated fat, and also consume very sweet packaged drinks or locally known as MBDK.

Then, Anita Sabidi as a member of PERSADA and IKADAR explained about the challenges in the health system, namely the broad demographics of Indonesia which makes not all areas reachable by medical parties and lack of diabetes awareness.

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"In Indonesia, there is already a National Insurance or locally known as BPJS that guarantees public health, such as basic medicine, including insulin and oral medication, doctor consultation, and laboratory work." she said.