Photo: Multidrug-Resistant TB in Tajikstan 2012 © Ron Haviv/VII Fatal NeglectMultidrug-Resistant TB: No Promises  Patients with tuberculosis must undergo lengthy, arduous treatment regimens in the best of times. When stricken with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB, however, the road back to health is even more difficult. The most neglected are children living with MDR-TB. VII Photo’s Ron Haviv visited MSF’s pediatric MDR-TB program in Tajikistan, one of Asia’s poorest countries, where the disease is indeed spreading at an alarming rate. Through the experience of an MSF nurse trying to care for children suffering with the disease, Haviv documents this new and very dangerous medical front line. REGISTER NOW to join the live webcast of our conference this week on global health, neglected diseases, and R&D.

Photo: Multidrug-Resistant TB in Tajikstan 2012 © Ron Haviv/VII

Fatal Neglect
Multidrug-Resistant TB: No Promises 

Patients with tuberculosis must undergo lengthy, arduous treatment regimens in the best of times. When stricken with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB, however, the road back to health is even more difficult.

The most neglected are children living with MDR-TB. VII Photo’s Ron Haviv visited MSF’s pediatric MDR-TB program in Tajikistan, one of Asia’s poorest countries, where the disease is indeed spreading at an alarming rate. Through the experience of an MSF nurse trying to care for children suffering with the disease, Haviv documents this new and very dangerous medical front line.

REGISTER NOW to join the live webcast of our conference this week on global health, neglected diseases, and R&D.

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