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Uzbekistan: A Mother With MDR-TB

 

She had all but given up, thinking her TB was going to end her life. Her coffin had already been built. But then Rohatay Abdullaeva, a former nurse living in northwest Uzbekistan, learned she could get help, that she could heal.

As World TB Day approaches, MSF celebrates her good health as a sign of what's possible, but also remembers the huge and growing numbers of people with TB and drug resistant TB who cannot get the help they need.

To learn more, visit http://www.msfaccess.org/our-work/tuberculosis/article/1787