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MSF closed our projects in Georgia in 2020.

MSF began working in Georgia in 1993 to deliver healthcare to people affected by internal displacement and conflict, before providing treatment to people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Over the following years since 1993, we provided assistance to Chechen refugees in Pankisi Valley, running medical and surgical programmes as well as donating drugs. From 2000, we expanded our activities to include general healthcare for vulnerable people and treatment for visceral leishmaniasis.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a major public health issue in Georgia: 12 per cent of all new patients and 39 per cent of those who have previously been treated for TB have a multidrug-resistant form of the disease.

In 2014, we started supporting the Ministry of Health in treating people with MDR-TB with the newest drugs, bedaquiline and delaminid, including through the endTB drug trial. We ended our projects in Georgia in 2020 with the last follow up of the trial’s patients.

 
Georgia: DR-TB patients find hope in new treatments
Georgia

endTB partnership launches clinical trial to target toughest strains of tuberculosis

Statement 6 Mar 2017
 
MSF TB Treatment in Mumbai, India
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"Providing comprehensive treatment for patients with tuberculosis"

25 Oct 2016
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Georgia

Drug resistant-TB patients cured after two years of treatment

Project Update 6 Feb 2009
 
Georgia

Georgia - two months on, uncertainty remains for many

Project Update 13 Oct 2008
 
Georgia

A day assisting displaced people in Tbilisi

Project Update 29 Aug 2008
 
Georgia

Tbilisi: a haven for displaced people

Project Update 28 Aug 2008
 
Georgia

MSF medical team has visited Tskhinvali hospital, South Ossetia

Project Update 27 Aug 2008
 
Georgia

MSF continues seeking access to South Ossetia while assisting people displaced by the conflict

Project Update 21 Aug 2008
 
Georgia

MSF teams in Georgia and region: concerns about interrupted TB treatment

Project Update 12 Aug 2008
 
Georgia

Interview with a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient

Project Update 25 Mar 2008
 
Georgia

Home-care for patients suffering from multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis

Project Update 25 Mar 2008
 
Georgia

TB care in Georgia

Project Update 24 Mar 2008