How providing healthcare in challenging circumstances changed Dr Peningry’s perspective
July 2, 2025In Manipur, Dr Peningry Warngam Tongsin works as a Medical Doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), providing treatment for HIV, tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis C, and co-infections. Working with MSF has transformed her understanding of healthcare delivery in remote...
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MSF’s patient-centred approach: Home-based TB care in Manipur
August 20, 2019Manipur has a high prevalence of HIV, TB (both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB) and hepatitis C. Due to lack of resources, there is also a high incidence of co infection in the state. In cases of co-infection, each disease speeds...
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Manipur: Providing patient-centered HIV, TB, and hepatitis care to patients
July 30, 2019When Thongsei Lupho, 44, first started feeling unwell, he suspected he had contracted Tuberculosis. He visited MSF’s clinic in Moreh, on the Indo-Myanmar border, where he was diagnosed with HIV. Lupho had used drugs in the past to gain social...
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