My name is Jabulile Sithole. I am 38 years old and live at Emakhweleni, a small community in the Shiselweni Region, southern part of Swaziland. In 2008, I developed a constant cough, which would not go away even when I took cough mixtures and cold and flu tablets. I later started sweating profusely at night [...]
Family, HIV/AIDS, MDR-TB, Motivation, Side effects, Support Network, Swaziland, TB
Colisile: I was first found to have TB in 2008. I took tablets for six months and was told that I was fine and stopped the treatment. In 2010 I fell sick again with the same symptoms I had had in 2008. I went to Edwaleni Clinic and was found to have TB again. I [...]
Family, HIV/AIDS, Hospital, MDR-TB, Side effects, Swaziland, TB, Transportation
My name is Zanele Mavuso. I was born in the community of Umhlanga at eDwaleni in the Shiselweni Region. I grew up in this community and only left when I went to live with the Lushaba family after I got married to Colisile’s father. Colisile, our first born child was about six years old when [...]
Diagnosis, Family, HIV/AIDS, MDR-TB, Side effects, Swaziland, TB
