Kyrgyzstan: Former Prisoners Struggle to Continue TB Treatment

Sergei, a prisoner and TB patient, receives medical consultation two days before his release from Colony No. 31 penal institution in Kyrgyzstan.

Sergei takes his TB medicines.

Sergei gets ready for his release from prison.

Sergei is experiencing a painful attack in the intensive therapy ward of the city TB hospital in Bishkek.

An MSF doctor exams Sergei.

Another former prisoner, Oleg, is registered at the Bishkek TB prophylaxis center immediately after his release from prison.

Oleg’s chest is x-rayed at the Bishkek TB prophylaxis center.

A TB patient undergoes a diagnosis procedure.

Released inmates put on clothes provided by MSF community workers near Colony No. 31.

MSF staff organize the departure of a patient just released from prison to Osh.

Volunteers learn how to wear protective masks during a seminar in the western province of Jalal-Abad.

Dilshat, an MSF community worker, talks with a patient.

MSF case managers and nurses from the outpatient clinic of a hospital in Tokmak, in the north of the country, visit a patient’s house. A nurse holds up an x-ray of the patient’s chest so his relatives can see it.

Sardal completed his TB treatment in 2008 after receiving assistance from MSF’s community support team. Now he sells onions in one of Bishkek’s markets.

Kyrgyzstan: Former Prisoners Struggle to Continue TB Treatment

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