https://www.medsf.org/rss/tajikistan en https://www.medsf.org/timeline-tuberculosis-treatment-success-tajikistan After 13 years of collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population, MEDSF has concluded our tuberculosis project in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:42:40 +0000 985b3c9b-ceb9-4b91-bde9-553080761531 https://www.medsf.org/helping-kids-beat-tuberclosis-tajikistan Tuberculosis in children can be especially hard to diagnose and treat. In Tajikistan, MEDSF teams are working with families to help ease the burden of treatment on kids. Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:34:00 +0000 69127751-8b05-4461-93e4-8796f5b81f3c https://www.medsf.org/breaking-cycle-paediatric-dr-tb-detection-care-and-treatment-tajikistan Tajikistan has one of the highest burdens of multidrug-resistant tuberculosisin the world. Children aged under 15 years are particularly vulnerable to TB. Paediatric TB is not ignored in Tajikistan. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoH) and partners have been developing strategies to advance detection and treatment for this high-risk but neglected group. Fri, 17 May 2019 17:11:04 +0000 c3db4a2e-a6e2-45af-bbf3-adbe3130d941 https://www.medsf.org/tajikistan-stories-msfs-paediatric-tb-projects Delamanid is one of the first new TB medicines in over 50 years, and recently the project team in Dushanbe, Tajikistan's capital, started treating a young TB patient with it. It follows several months of preparations and negotiations with the Ministry of Health and its counterparts. Fri, 04 Nov 2016 10:53:10 +0000 2fa9fe7a-d589-484b-9b61-1c45ed27b5ff https://www.medsf.org/opinion-shorter-tb-regimens-offer-new-hope By Leonardo Palumbo, Regional Advocacy Manager, Médecins Sans Frontières in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Thu, 12 May 2016 11:42:05 +0000 65dbcbeb-3271-4733-9c40-88f5949bb3a2 https://www.medsf.org/children-tuberculosis-must-not-be-neglected MEDSF launches new report about dangers of tuberculosis for children Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:57:52 +0000 d6284b20-131a-4f24-bf10-f3a64777b59c https://www.medsf.org/improving-paediatric-tb-care-tajikistan MEDSF launches new report about dangers of tuberculosis for children. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:00:03 +0000 83ed798b-ff03-4915-9995-bd5c588905b9 https://www.medsf.org/tajikistan-msf-treats-youngest-ever-mdr-tb-patient Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 263accfe-5bf2-4ba1-85eb-4c224f12d5a8 https://www.medsf.org/tajikistan-msf-first-treat-children-mdr-tb For the first time, children in Tajikistan with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are receiving treatment for the life-threatening disease. MEDSF has opened a new ward in Machiton hospital, near the capital Dushanbe, where it plans to treat 60 to 100 children with TB, and their family members, over the next three months. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 db98b9d3-0221-4b4e-b74e-1b199691fa42 https://www.medsf.org/measles-and-typhoid-outbreaks-tajikistan Two outbreaks - one typhoid the other measles - have struck the Jirgital District in the Rasht Valley of Tajikistan simultaneously. The first cases of measles were reported in August and September in the neighbouring districts of Garm and Tajikabad. Wed, 11 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0000 75b5b9d8-613b-4add-ab46-30c344ac7c68