Once considered a disease on the decline, tuberculosis (TB) has seen a resurgence in Ukraine and several other post-Soviet countries that endured social and economic tumult after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In Ukraine, the country’s prisons in particular are a hotbed for the disease, with prevalence rates more than ten times higher than in the rest of society.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides treatment and support to over 140 inmates and ex-inmates suffering from multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
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