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November 6, 2007

In Armenia, tuberculosis treatment casts shadow of uncertainty

For many patients in the joint MSF and Ministry of Health program in Armenia, MDR-TB treatment is often a complex issue. Treatment takes up to 24 months, and the patient needs to be admitted to hospital for the first several months for close clinical supervision. Following discharge, they have to continue daily medication for another 18 to 21 months via ambulatory or home-based care. This long and constraining treatment leaves many patients with the dilemma of whether or not to quit work and leave home for several months.

November 6, 2007

Armenia: First MSF patient completes treatment for MDR-TB

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Ministry of Health opened Armenia's first and only treatment program for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the capital city Yerevan in September 2005, and the first MSF patient, N.L., has just completed treatment lasting almost two years.

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