topic: Tuberculosis

Tholakele, an MDR-TB patient, was admitted in National TB Hospital, Moneni, Manzini Region, Swaziland  in April 2016. She now spends her days reading her bible. Photo: Alexis Huguet/MSF
Swaziland: New hope for DR-TB patients
Photo: Atul Loke
मुफ्त राशन और यात्रा भत्ता बन रहा टीबी के इलाज में बेहतर विकल्प
Photo: Misha Friedman
Multidrug-resistant TB: Fighting airborne infection in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Mumbai: A new life with new tuberculosis drugs
A psycho-social support counsellor from MSF  waiting for an MDR-TB patient in a local polyclinic. Patients in the ambulatory phase of their treatment come here daily to receive their medication and counselling support if needed. This is crucial, as nasty side-effects, as well as social circumstances, make it difficult for patients to complete their treatment without support. Photo: Misha Friedman
Uzbekistan: New drugs, new hope
Access: MSF reports on use of the new tuberculosis drugs bedaquiline and delamanid
India: Renewed hope with new drugs
Tuberculosis: More MSF patients with DR-TB gain access to dramatically cheaper version of life-saving drug
Drug-resistant TB patient Phumeza Tisile of South Africa is the co-author of MSF's DR-TB manifesto, "Test Me, Treat Me." She joins MSF in calling on governments to take immediate measures to help combat TB. © Samantha Reinders.
‘We demand action’: Death toll from drug-resistant tuberculosis must be slashed within a year
Patients in India suffer the consequences of poor regulation of TB drugs