KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation helps 130 multi drug resistant tuberculosis patients in East Kazakhstan to complete their 18 month long treatment through psychological and social support.
In East Kazakhstan, people suffering from drug resistant TB receive an 18 month long daily treatment. The illness causes patients to lose their jobs, have no means for the daily trips to the clinic nor income to support their families. The treatment also has strong side effects. These are the reasons why patients interrupt or stop treatment at the risk of getting ill again, infecting others and developing a worse form of TB for which there is no cure. It is vital that they complete treatment.
KNCV provides psychological and social support to these patients by training nurses and social workers, establishing support groups, and providing patients with food and hygiene packages, public transport money and help in finding affordable housing.
The project is mainly funded by the government for reasons of durability, but more investment is needed for scaling it up. If together we can show the project's effectiveness, the government will increase its support for nationwide implementation.
“My main job is to fight TB, but I am trying not only to provide clinical care to clients but help them and their families to solve their social problems.”
- Gulshat Ikenova, District TB Doctor from East Kazakhstan
Total Funding Received to Date: $470
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $470 . The original project funding goal was $15,000.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
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