To determine the correct air/fuel mixture and the correct ignition timing, the PCM must know the atmospheric (BARO) pressure. If the PCM is to compensate for changes in altitude or weather, it must have an input signal that reflects these changes in atmospheric pressure.
Although DOTS has vastly improved the TB problem in Indonesia, the program needs to be effectively implemented in the eastern regions of Indonesia and Sumatra and needs to focus on fighting MDR TB and the TB/HIV co-infection problem.
This is what happened on December 26, 2004 when Sumatra, Indonesia was decimated by an earthquake and tsunami. Sumatra, along with thirteen other countries, was struck by the overwhelming natural disaster and roughly 230,000 people were killed. This became known as the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in 2004.