Healing lives: Tuberculosis patients find strength and care in Baldia, Pakistan
December 2, 2025“If I hadn’t known about this disease, it would have worsened. Then who knows whether treatment would have been possible?” says Muhammad Rahim, his voice low as he sits outside the consultation room at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) tuberculosis...
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Pakistan: Mafeefa Naveed’s TB journey
April 1, 2025Gujranwala, Pakistan- In the soft light of a Gujranwala morning, 17‐year‐old Mafeefa Naveed stands at her family’s doorstep, a quiet smile illuminating her face as she greets another day. Today, a first-year college student with dreams of studying law, Mafeefa...
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Tuberculosis: Increased diagnostic testing for drug resistance will enhance patients’ treatment outcome
March 18, 2024Islamabad: On World Tuberculosis Day, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) encourages medical service providers and practitioners in Pakistan to enhance drug resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) diagnosis by increasing the use of GeneXpert diagnostic testing among suspect tuberculosis (TB) cases. Additionally,...
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