Posts in Uzbekistan

A Month in Focus - April 2012

11.04.2012

This month's webclip takes us on a short tour of MSF activities

World TB Day: Patients speak out

Patients suffering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have been blogging about their experiences of the disease and treatment for

MDR-TB patient Rohatay Abdullaeva at her home, town of Hojeily, Karakalpakstan.

World TB Day 2011 - MSF rolling out new test in 15 countries

24.03.2011

On World TB Day, 24 March 2011, MSF is announcing the roll-out of a promising new diagnostic test which can detect drug-resistant...

 

Uzbekistan

29.09.2010

The prevalence of
drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in Uzbekistan is one of the highest in
the world, but fewer than ten per cent of the...

Uzbekistan 2010 © Misha Friedman / MSF

World TB Day: Alarming global crisis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

23.03.2012

Alarming new data suggest that the global scope of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is much more vast than previously estimated,...

MDR-TB patient in Uzbekistan 2012 © Andriy Slizkiy

The Flying Doctors

01.06.2011

Sunday Business Post 29 May 2011

Reflections

30.11.2011

It’s been almost three months since I left Karakalpakstan, and I’ve come to the International TB conference in France to present our findings...

Maeve in Karakalpakstan

Maeve Lalor's blog from her first mission with MSF in Uzbekistan

From Co. Dublin, Maeve Lalor works as an Epidemiologist for the Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Directly observed treatment shortcourse (DOTS ) Plus project in Nukus, Uzbekistan.

Women's Day

08.03.2011

I was truly surprised by the men of Karakalpakstan today! Lunch time in our office is one of my favourite parts of the day for me here.

The highs and the lows

26.02.2011

The last few weeks have been very up and down. I’ve gone
from feeling extremely frustrated to excited and motivated. I find it amazing
how quickly...

24 degrees

29.01.2011

January has been a marathon month of never ending data requests, summarising the project we just handed over to the Ministry of Health,...

Back to surreality

10.01.2011

Tonight, I walked home from work in arctic conditions (-15C), clad in my balaclava it was difficult to breath.

Home for Christmas

08.01.2011

The excitement built up towards the end of December as I went home for Christmas! I couldn’t wait to see my family and friends, eat a Christmas...

Ambitious visions

09.12.2010

This may be a good time to stop, think and reflect. This past month has been a very difficult one for our project both on a personal and...

Focus

19.10.2010

Changing Seasons

09.10.2010

Last weekend, we baked in the sun within the inner walls of the city of Khiva- an ancient city on the silk route.

Khiva

Just breathe normally

17.09.2010

This morning I joined one of the doctors at the MDR-TB hospital, which is set on the outskirts of Nukus on the edge of the desert.

This 18 year old has to take 22 pills every day

Translated into vodka

21.08.2010

My first weekend in Nukus all the expats that work for MSF were invited to the TB hospital’s Chief doctor’s birthday party.

Arrival

13.08.2010

Aboard the 21 hour train from Tashkent to Nukus, where the MSF programmeu is located, the sweat poured off me as I sat alone in my own compartment...

Maeve Lalor, MSF's Epidemiologist in Uzbekistan