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Uzbekistan is a Central Asian country of 28 million people. The former Soviet Republic was once at the heart of the ancient Silk Road trade route. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in Uzbekistan in 1997. Our recent projects have responded to HIV and tuberculosis.

In 2017, MSF launched TB PRACTECAL in Uzbekistan, a clinical trial of a new treatment regime for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

You can read more about TB PRACTECAL here.

Ulyosh
TB blogger
TB & Me: The picture becomes reality
Ulyosh is Scientific Secretary for an art gallery in Nukus, Uzbekistan. As Patient Ambassador for TB, she blogs about her journey with TB treatment, losing her friends and family, and not giving up. This piece also features hand-drawn illustrations by Ulyosh, depicting her personal experiences.
28 Oct 2016 / 3 minute read
Abatgul Tajimuratova
TB blogger
TB & Me: 'It was difficult to realise what was going on'
Abatgul is a patient advocate who raises awareness of drug-resistant TB in Uzbekistan. Here she blogs about the first time she realised she was ill... 
21 Oct 2016 / 3 minute read
Junia Cajazeiro
Paediatrician
The goal is always the same
I have had so many “new” experiences here that I don’t even know where to start! 
05 Apr 2016 / 5 minute read
Amrita Ronnachit
Doctor
"All I need is a metre of rope"
Some weeks are just tough. TB doctor Amrita blogs from Uzbekistan...
09 Dec 2015 / 6 minute read
Amrita Ronnachit
Doctor
Fear and strength
One of the things I have always liked about being a doctor is the variety.
19 Oct 2015 / 5 minute read
Amrita Ronnachit
Doctor
A surprising level of stoicism
I've been in Karakalpakstan for four months now.
25 Sep 2015 / 4 minute read
Hosyat
I have to be strong
It is now 14 months since I started my treatment. The simple form of TB had not been detected in me before this. My husband got sick with TB in 2009.
27 Jan 2014 / 4 minute read
Hosyat
Moving forward
It is now 13 months since I started my treatment.  
09 Dec 2013 / 2 minute read
Emily Wise
Doctor
Postcards (and phone-calls) from the edge
Maya makes a phone-call to Kural at the very last minute.
05 Aug 2013 / 6 minute read
Emily Wise
Doctor
The Darkest Hour
My favourite patient lies dying in my arms.
22 May 2013 / 8 minute read
Emily Wise
Doctor
I have MSF
My alarm wakes me up at six and Murusia immediately begins celebrating the event by jumping onto my bed and purring loudly into my left ear.
09 Apr 2013 / 8 minute read
Emily Wise
Doctor
You cannot save the world…
For the first time since I’ve arrived in Karakalpakstan, and I suspect the last, the weather is unexpectedly and strangely reassuringly reminiscent of that from my home of England.
22 Mar 2013 / 8 minute read