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Video Observed Therapy (VOT) training for MDR-TB patients in Matsanjeni health centre

MSF nurse giving a training to a female MDR-TB patient in Matsanjeni health centre how to use Video Observed Therapy

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Eswatini: Responding to COVID-19 in a country already fighting a dual HIV/TB epidemic

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF318123

Date taken / Date Recorded 05/05/2020 12:00 AM

Country Eswatini

Detailed location Nhlangano, Eswatini

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Jakub Hein

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Project section OCG

Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

Maximum Size 5184px × 3456px 4.77 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Eswatini has the highest percentage of people living with HIV in the world. Almost one-thirds of adults are HIV-positive. The country is also severely affected by a tuberculosis (TB) epidemic and 70 per cent of all TB patients are co-infected with HIV. 1

Alongside this, the first confirmed patient with COVID-19 was diagnosed in Eswatini on 14 March; since then, the number of patients with COVID-19 has grown daily.

While it remains unclear how COVID-19 will impact people living with HIV, it is known that patients with existing chronic illnesses and weakened immune systems are more at risk. TB is a disease that attacks the lungs, like COVID-19, and it is therefore likely that TB patients will suffer more severe forms and worse complications if they become infected.

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Telemedicine

Training