MEDSF Uzbekistan

MEDSF successfully concludes Nukus tuberculosis project in Uzbekistan

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:30:49 +0000

We and our partners marked the conclusion of the Karakalpakstan Tuberculosis Programme in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: Pioneering clinical trial for drug-resistant tuberculosis starts

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:30:19 +0000

A pioneering clinical trial aiming to find a radically improved course of treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) began on 17 January 2017, when the first patient took the first pill in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: “Please, never give up. You too can beat TB.”

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:38:07 +0000

Interview with Tetyana Pylypenko, Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) Medical Team Leader. "The project has a strong and experienced team of national staff, who are very motivated. I was happy to be part of a very professional team helping people in need. I cannot express in words how much satisfaction I got from my job and from working with other MEDSF staff, Ministry of Health staff and patients."

Risk Factors Associated with Default from Multi- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment, Uzbekistan: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:09:38 +0000

Improved support should be provided to TB patients, especially those at risk of stopping treatment.

Report: Comprehensive TB care for all

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The epidemiological data on Uzbekistan shows that TB is an alarming problem in the country and justifies the increasing priority being attached to control efforts within the country. Estimates of the disease prevalence in the country put the
total number of people with tuberculosis at 63,000 people, equivalent to a rate of 227 per 100,000 population. Within the
World Health Organization’s (WHO) European region, only three countries (Tajikistan, Kyrgystan and Moldova) have a higher
prevalence.

Frontline Reports - Meet the first MEDSF patient to have recovered from XDR-TB

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

While one in five patients under treatment for moderately resistant strains of the disease do not survive, patients with extensively resistant cases, if they can get treatment at all, usually must rely on less effective and more toxic medicines, with lower success rates. For these reasons and others, Xoliswa Armans is a remarkable patient.

You can see tuberculosis in Uzbekistan in a heartbeat

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A patient with advanced MDR-TB. She is too frail to play table tennis, as are most of her fellow patients at the hospital.

MEDSF assists victims of violence in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

TB care in Uzbekistan

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

MEDSF was the first organization to implement DOTS strategy for TB treatment in Uzbekistan in 1998.

MEDSF starts treatment of multi-drug resistant TB in Uzbekistan

Wed, 29 Oct 2003 04:30:00 +0000

Pilot project to prove that disease can be treated in poor countries.