PARTNER PROJECT

It’s time to End Drug-Resistant TB in Children (2020)

THE PROJECT

A multimedia campaign, in collaboration with Stop TB Partnership, designed to enhance global awareness and advocate for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

The campaign featured the work of VII contributing photographers and videographers: Mary Gelman, Ashley Gilbertson, Ziyah Gafić, and Maggie Steber. Their journeys to Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, and Nigeria documented the challenges faced by children with drug-resistant tuberculosis and the pressing need for innovative tools to diagnose and combat TB—a disease that, despite being treatable and curable, continues to claim young lives.

Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility (GDF) leads the Pediatric Drug-Resistant TB Initiative, ensuring that children affected by this formidable disease can access the most advanced treatments in a place where there has been a historical absence of child-specific medicine.

This facility is dedicated to changing the narrative of administering adult-formulated drugs to children with the launch of new pediatric medicines tailored to treat drug-resistant TB.

Meder and his son Ramiz photographed in a waiting room in the children's ward of the National Center of Phthisiology for Tuberculosis Control in Bishkek. They have been living at the center for about four months. Ramiz contracted tuberculosis from his mother.

Lunch time at the National Center of Phthisiology for Tuberculosis Control in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Eliza and her son Ariet return to the hospital after taking a walk. Ariet contracted tuberculosis after his Grandmother fell sick with the disease. They were scared and shocked. They came from another city to Bishkek to be treated and have been living in the hospital for four months.

It’s time to End Drug-Resistant TB in Children (2020)

Haiti: Fighting drug-resistant TB in children

Kyrgyzstan: Fighting drug-resistant TB in children

Nigeria: Fighting drug-resistant TB in children

Meder and his son Ramiz photographed in a waiting room in the children's ward of the National Center of Phthisiology for Tuberculosis Control in Bishkek. They have been living at the center for about four months. Ramiz contracted tuberculosis from his mother.

Lunch time at the National Center of Phthisiology for Tuberculosis Control in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Eliza and her son Ariet return to the hospital after taking a walk. Ariet contracted tuberculosis after his Grandmother fell sick with the disease. They were scared and shocked. They came from another city to Bishkek to be treated and have been living in the hospital for four months.

A workstation in the National Center of Phthisiology Laboratory for Tuberculosis Control in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

A doctor photographed in the main hall at the Central Hospital against tuberculosis in the village of Archaly, Kyrgyzstan.

A doctor examines a patient at the Central Hospital against tuberculosis in the village of Archaly, Kyrgyzstan.

Anara and her mother photographed in their kitchen in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Anara underwent a successful one-year treatment for tuberculosis.