Tajikistan: How MSF’s Zero TB project in Kulob is transforming the fight against tuberculosis
January 28, 2026In southern Tajikistan’s Kulob region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is bringing screening, diagnosis, and support for tuberculosis (TB) directly into communities.TB is a curable disease, yet many people are diagnosed late due to limited access to healthcare services, lack of...
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MSF and partners make a real difference for tuberculosis patients in Iraq
October 20, 2025Umm Salam* sits on the ground outside her family’s home in Sadr City, a crowded district of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. She holds her granddaughter, Zainab*, close, wrapped in her abaya, recalling the young girl’s recovery from tuberculosis (TB).As part of...
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Afghanistan: We must continue to put people at the center of treatment
February 22, 2022In recent years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been able to improve patients' experiences of care for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), but the changing political situation threatens to derail this progress, writes Anita Mesic, MSF tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and hepatitis adviser. This...
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Tuberculosis: Policies should ‘help facilitate access to life saving treatment not create barriers.’
August 20, 2020Stobdan Kalon is a medical doctor working with Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). His experience spans from managing infectious diseases, interventions in Drug Resistant-Tuberculosis (DR-TB), hepatitis and HIV. As a doctor, I am elated that the World Health Organization...
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