Partner: MUKIKUTE Team Personal stories from former TB-patient volunteer group MUKIKUTE. Iluminata Komba “15 years ago, I came down with TB. I almost died. At that time most of the hospitals around here diagnosed TB just with a physical examination or an X-Ray. You were lucky if you got tested using microscopy. It took me […]
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Single mom discovers her son has a rare form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis with the help of APOPO’s HeroRATs.
MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – THOUNG BUNDOETH “My name is Bundoeth and I have been the headmaster of Khna Phtol primary school for four years. There are 128 children at this school. The school is situated in the middle of what used to be live minefields, on the edge of the main road from Siem Reap.
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MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – CHUN RY A farmer who called the EOD team after his daughter found an old bomb lying in undergrowth. My name is Chun Ry (far right) and this is my family. I am a farmer who supports eight children. I grow rice and cassava, and I raise 4 cows and many
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“I’m 64 years old and my eight-year old granddaughter Nasra recently survived tuberculosis (TB) because of APOPO. She had started coughing and sweating, and I suspected it was TB because I know many people who have suffered from it. Her doctor put her on antibiotics for a virus but after two months she had lost
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Yahaya “I make my living selling flower and tree seedlings. Mostly from my stall in town, but I also supply flowers to many people and businesses. Unfortunately my trade has suffered recently because I have been very sick with tuberculosis (TB). TB affects your ability to work, or to study, or pretty much anything because
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Partner: Savera Savera survived TB twice and joined a volunteer organisation to spread awareness about the disease. “Six months ago I fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) but I was unable to get treatment for three months, by which time I was very sick indeed. I had had a number of tests for TB but all
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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