Médecins Sans Frontières provided care for tuberculosis and to children in Turkmenistan between 1999 and 2009.
MSF began a tuberculosis programme in Turkmenistan in 1999. MSF’s tuberculosis programme closed in 2003 and we opened a project to provide care to children in the town of Magdanly in 2004.
The programme, based out of the local hospital, included refurbishing hospital wards, improving water and waste management, training healthcare workers and implementing better drug use for paediatric patients.