Uzbekistan

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March 23, 2007

"Every day, after I take my drugs, I feel like I have died. After a few hours, I am re-born again."

In Karakalpakstan, a semi-autonomous region of Uzbekistan, MSF has been running a project treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) since 2003. MDR-TB is a debilitating disease and requires lengthy treatment with a complex combination of toxic drugs, which often have appalling side effects.

November 12, 2003

Treatment Begins for Multi-drug Resistant TB in Uzbekistan

April 25, 2002 | Op-Eds & Articles

International Doctors Battle Drying Sea in Uzbek Epidemic

by Elena Dubrovskaya, a freelance journalist specializing in Central Asian affairs

August 23, 1999

News for the Week of August 23, 1999

October 26, 1998

News for the Week of October 26, 1998

April 28, 1998

News for the Week of April 28, 1998

Uzbekistan

Audio Slideshow

Treating MDR TB in Uzbekistan

March 2007

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