TB Innovation in Uzbekistan

In Uzbekistan, where we have been working since 1997, MSF is providing innovative care for patients with drug-resistant forms of TB. In partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the program aims to develop shorter, more tolerable treatment programs for people with TB. As part of this focus on innovative care, in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, in the western part of Uzbekistan, MSF launched an international clinical trial called “TB PRACTECAL”. The trial combines the first new TB drugs available in over 50 years with existing drugs that treat drug-resistant forms of the disease. MSF has also begun treating children with a shorter regimen of nine months, instead of the usual 12 months or more, and is conducting research into the results.

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The TB Practecal Warehouse in Nukus, Uzbekistan

MSF TB Counsellor Kural in Nukus, Uzbekistan

A Nurse in the TB Practecal Warehouse in Nukus, Uzbekistan

MSF's office in Nukus, Uzbekistan

MSF's Alpamis Babniyazov and TB Counsellor Kural in Nukus, Uzbekistan.

MSF's Dr Gulzira Nurullaeva in Nukus, Uzbekistan

MSF's office in Nukus, Uzbekistan

MSF Field and Advocacy Officer Alpamis Babaniyazov and Counsellor Kural in Nukus, Uzbekistan

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