A 5-Year-Old Undergoes MDR-TB Treatment in Tajikistan | Doctors Without Borders

A 5-Year-Old Undergoes MDR-TB Treatment in Tajikistan | Doctors Without Borders:

 Umeda and her family live in Shariston, a town near Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe. Her parents are looking for work in Russia while the five-year-old girl stays with her aunt for now. That same aunt helps Umeda with her treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), taking her to the clinic, and making sure she takes all her pills.

Umeda has been on treatment for MDR-TB for six months. Her family was initially sceptical. Umeda 's uncle died of TB; why should treatment work for Umeda? But she started treatment anyway, and her aunt is very happy with the results. "She’s doing so much better," he aunt said. "And she looks much better now."