In order to celebrate Kuala Kapuas city anniversary and Family Empowerment and Welfare (PKK), District Health Office of Kapuas, initiated a health education session with theme, “Community Health Workers and General Population Role in Tuberculosis Control and Prevention”. This session was done in Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Women’s Building, Lawang Kameloh, in Kuala Kapuas, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia.

Health education was given by dr. Jum’atil Fajar, MHlthSc. He started by telling people about a film that talked about TB: When The Last Leave Falls. This film showing how this disease was difficult to treat. But there was people that could invented the cure. After that he talked about the cause of the disease, the symptoms and signs, roles that could be done by community health workers and general population.

This session was attended by 150 people from more than 12 subdistrict in Kapuas district. After the lecture session, there was question and answer session.