Treatment’s Obstacles: Education and Migration
03/22/2011
The story of Mariana Bernofsky, a TB patient and mother, in Moldova
Mariana Bernofsky (video below) lives with her husband in Balti, a small town in Northern Moldova, in a house that has been passed through the family for generations. She stays at home with their young child while he works as a trash collector, earning less than $200 each month. Mariana is pregnant and is infected with TB. She expects to successfully complete her treatment in a few months and, after her child is born, will be able to get a final X-Ray that she hopes will show she has been cured of TB.
A few years ago, her father died of TB. It was the second time he had contracted the disease and the last time occurred while he was a migrant worker in Moscow. In this video, Mariana discusses her father's illness. She touches on a few themes that are very important when discussing TB: how migration can influence TB incidence and how lack of education can complicate the treatment of TB patients.
Read the full blog on the Pulitzer Center's website.
See David Rochkind's article and multi-media piece Moldova: What Happens to MDR-TB Patients.
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