Addressing TB involves more than just medication; it starts with conversations. Many people hesitate to begin treatment due to fear or stigma, requiring encouragement from doctors and nurses. Treating tuberculosis (TB) often starts with more than taking pills — it begins with simple conversations. Some people hesitate to start treatment, held back by fear or … Read more
Dushanbe, Tajikistan – As Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) concludes its tuberculosis (TB) project in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, after 13 years of collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population, we reflect on the programme’s journey. MSF’s work in Dushanbe focused on detecting TB cases through improved diagnostic techniques, tracing contacts, and treating children … Read more
Name : Designation : MSF doctor Ioanna Haziri listens to Orion’s lungs and breathing during her check-up of the little boy. Tajikistan 2013 © Wendy Marijnissen As Orion, a 4-year old boy, runs happily around his family’s home near Vose in southern Tajikistan, his grandfather holds up a picture that shows what the boy looked … Read more
Name : Umeda at her aunt’s home. Tajikistan © Wendy Marijnissen Designation : Umeda at her aunt’s home. Tajikistan © Wendy Marijnissen Umeda and her family live in Shariston, a town near Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe. Her parents are looking for work in Russia while the five-year-old girl stays with her aunt for now. That same … Read more
Name : MSF doctor Christoph Höhn examines 16-year-old-Shahmosa in her family home. Tajikistan 2013 © Wendy Marijnissen Designation : MSF doctor Christoph Höhn examines 16-year-old-Shahmosa in her family home.Tajikistan 2013 © Wendy Marijnissen a year ago, 16-year-old Shahmosa could do little more than just lie in bed all day. She was too sick and too … Read more