Naima 10 year old Naima fell very ill and her clinic was unable to find the cause. “Last year I began coughing and felt very tired all the time. Mama thought the BCG vaccine I’d had as a baby would protect me. But over the next few weeks the cough got worse and I lost […]
Dr. Joyce diagnoses and treats TB-patients in APOPO partner clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “I am the Clinical Officer and District Tuberculosis and Leprosy Coordinator for Mbagala-Rangi Tatu District in Dar es Salaam. I work with 6 clinics in total. Over time I have seen an increase in cases of TB. But I think this
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Asma’s illness progressed quickly leaving her weak and struggling to look after her baby. “My illness began with aching bones, but soon I was coughing, sweating at night and I had a fever. I went to the pharmacy and they gave me antibiotics but it didn’t help. I went to my local clinic who tested me
Saidi Saidi is a builder and when he got ill he had to stop working and quickly fell in debt . “I am a builder and I work on construction sites around Dar es Salaam city so my job depends on my good health. When I came down with tuberculosis (TB), I had to stop
Partner: Virginia Virginia has been a MUKIKUTE volunteer for over 20 years and fell ill with TB a second time. “I have been a MUKIKUTE volunteer since the mid-90’s. I joined because like many of the volunteers I had suffered from tuberculosis (TB) myself so I know what people with disease are going through. I carry
Rashidi joined community-based volunteer group to help raise TB awareness. “I have been a member of MUKIKUTE, which is part of MKUTA, for nine years. We are a group of volunteers who have all suffered from tuberculosis (TB) and survived. Why shouldn’t we? TB is curable yet it still kills thousands of people in Tanzania
Lucy’s nine year old son Herry was very sick but their health clinic couldn’t find the cause. “Herry became ill a few months ago. The rest of the family were fine, but he was coughing on and off. It didn’t seem to be serious so we waited almost two months before testing him. In that
MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – LANN SA A former soldier recounts how he lost part of his leg when he stepped on a landmine. I am Lann Sa and I am a farmer at Khnar Phtuol, near Siem Reap. Twenty-five years ago I was a soldier defending our village against the Khmer Rouge. One day whilst
MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – PHOUK NIL The clearance of landmines and explosives from his farm allowed this farmer to thrive. My name is Phouk Nil and this is my farm. This red and white post shows the boundary of where APOPO and their partner, The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) where searching for landmines on
