Ukranian

Nataliya was working as a shop assistant when she fell ill with what she thought was a perisistent cold. Four years later, she is fighting extensively-drug-resistant tuberculosis with the help of a new treatment that's offering hope...

24 Jan 2019 / 4 minute read

Ruslan Lysiura

TB blogger

TB & Me: "The hospital reminded me of some kind of a jail"

Ruslan is from Ukraine and is currently being treated for drug-resistant tuberculosis. He shares his story...

16 May 2017 / 5 minute read

Artem

TB blogger

TB & Me: 'You need to get treatment and believe in yourself'

Artem blogs from Ukraine about his experience of multi-drug-resistant TB...

22 Mar 2017 / 5 minute read

Halyna Uvarenko

TB blogger

TB & Me: Facing your fears

After experiencing severe side-effects to the injectible medication she was taking for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, Halyna, 55, got a new prescription and is now preparing to continue the shorter treatment offered by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at home.

08 Feb 2016 / 4 minute read