[Slideshow] Surviving Two Years of Treatment for Drug-Resistant TB in Kyrgyzstan

next Kyrgyzstan 2013 © Vincent Tremeau Some 9.4 million people worldwide are reported to be newly infected with tuberculosis (TB) every year. Kyrgyzstan is among the 27 countries with the highest burdens of multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB), according to the World Health Organization. # prev | next Kyrgyzstan 2013 © Vincent Tremeau Aziz, 38, was diagnosed with MDR-TB two years ago. He was so thin the nurses had to give him intramuscular injections in his arms and legs instead of the gluteal muscles of the buttocks. Weight loss is a common symptom of TB. # prev | next Kyrgyzstan 2013 © Vincent Tremeau This nine-month-old baby was recently diagnosed with MDR-TB. There is no guidance from the World Health Organization on the best way to treat children with drug-resistant TB. Nurses have to cut adult-formulation pills, which is imprecise and creates a greater risk of over- or under-dosing the child. # prev | next Kyrgyzstan 2013 © Vincent Tremeau MSF staff is helping an MDR-TB patient adapt his house so he has his own room to sleep in order to avoid infecting his family. He is being treated at home in the hopes that this will help him adhere to the medication and improve quicker. # prev | next Kyrgyzstan 2013 © Vincent Tremeau “I am finally able to be with my family and even though the treatment is difficult, I can do i...
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