TB patients: Telling tales through pictures

Pakistan ranks eighth amongst high burden countries for TB globally. To understand the experiences of people affected by Tuberculosis the Indus Hospital's ‘Tasweer-e-Zindagi’ project gave participants cameras and asked them to photograph their experiences, challenges, and factors that support them during their treatment.

Each photograph is accompanied by a story that contextualizes it. These photographs and stories will be shared with community members, policy makers, and practitioners at the Tasweer-e-Zindagi gallery event held at the Indus Hospital on January 14, 2012.

This project was funded by the Stop TB Partnership's Challenge Facility for Civil Society.

This gallery event will be open for the general public on 14 January between 2 to 5 pm and on Monday and Tuesday from 10 am to 4 pm

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SHAJIA AHMED

Jan 14, 2012 04:45pm

ASSALAMUALAIKUM, THESE PICTURES JUST WANT ME TO HELP THESE PEOPLE. AS A MOTHER THE PICTURE OF THREE CHILDREN PLAYING OF A TB MOTHER JUST WAS VERY TOUCHING FOR ME. COULD YOU PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE WITH THEIR ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBERS? THANKS.

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shehzad noorani

Jan 14, 2012 11:38pm

Great job Shama. Images are very telling. If I may suggest, include a small paragraph on how these images were shot, + add a facebook share button.

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Osman Siddiqi

Jan 15, 2012 12:29am

Thanks for sharing all these photos - you should straighten the last picture out though!

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Anoynomus

Jan 15, 2012 01:24pm

Can we get contact addresses of these people so that we can help them out. These can be sent direct to my email address.

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Garg VK

Jan 15, 2012 06:11pm

I am from Haryana state in India. During my youth I had also contacted TB. During that period, I can also say that many relatives have started to ignore our family. Afterwards with the treatment everything was OK. One thing I fail to understand is that why the treatment of TB is not free. To the best of my knowledge, this treatment is absolutely free in Haryana in any Civil Hospital

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Akber

Jan 15, 2012 08:34pm

How can we help the families?

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Sara

Jan 16, 2012 12:04pm

You can contact the Indus Hospital directly and inquire about the 'Tasweer-e-Zindagi' project. This is their website: http://indushospital.org.pk/kriz/

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malik

Jan 16, 2012 01:11pm

Im not sure of all the hospitals but when i worked in rawalpindi there was a TB ward in that hospital and medicines were free. I remember the biggest problem was to convince patients to take medicines for full 9 months. As when their physical health improved after 2 or 3 months people stopped taking medicines.

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Sanjeev Sharma India

Jan 17, 2012 12:00am

Could not resist posting after viewing such touching pictures. Very sad to say that both Indian and Pakistani governments keep spending heavily on weapons in order to secure our nations ( from whom only God knows). Are these diseases not our common enemy? A recovered TB Patient

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Tasweer--e-Zindagi

Jan 17, 2012 10:50pm

Thank you all for your comments! You can contact us at tz@irdresearch.org The Tasweer-e-Zindagi Team

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