Tragedy Brings Faces and Names to TB
TB Photovoice Participants
"Quieres cafe, mi amor?" Would you like some coffee, my love? Romel Lacson would ask this question to his wife Dr. Claudia Lacson every morning. He even asked it while she lay dying from TB meningitis in an Atlanta, GA hospital in 2004. He prayed for her to hear his voice and wake-up so they could continue their life filled with love and promise. Yet the complications from TB were too great. Claudia, along her prematurely born daughter Emma, died in the summer of 2004.
Romel knew that Claudia's story and the stories of millions of persons impacted by TB needed to be shared and used in a way that would help prevent the root causes of TB. Their stories and perspectives, often reflecting stigma, isolation, poverty, as well as hope and family support, were missing from the global TB conversation.
