Jakarta, April 30 -- The Ministry of Health introduced the Find, Treat, Control (TOKEN) strategy to accelerate the reduction of malaria cases in Papua, along with a number of other efforts.

The ministry's Director of Infectious Diseases, Prima Yosephine, on Thursday informed that 95 percent of malaria cases in Indonesia are found in Papua.

Therefore, her office is expanding coordination efforts to accelerate the elimination of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and leprosy in Papua.

"The next strategy is increasing the case detection target. Last year, we were able to detect 700,000 new cases. This year we must detect 800,000 by intensifying PCD (passive case detection) at community health centers," she conveyed.

The next strategy is to str...