When alcohol is your primary coping strategy, giving it up can feel impossible. But when you recieve a diagnosis of another life-threatening disease, the need to do so becomes more urgent, and more challenging. Raman blogs from Belarus...
With just three weeks left of her assignment in Minsk, Hilary prepares to hand over her plan for helping people struggling with both addiction and tuberculosis
"It’s coming to the end of week 3. I’m definitely starting to feel like my understanding of the project, the ins and outs, the need, and where to go from here are becoming clearer."
Addiction is making it harder for people to stick to their treatment for life-threatening tuberculosis. Hilary is in Minsk, aiming to help patients make a change.