Jean Chung

Living with Tuberculosis in Rio, Brazil. 2009
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Living with Tuberculosis in Rio

Aldaci Barbosa Antunes, 28, is an MDR-TB (Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis) patient who is being treated at Helio Fraga Hospital in Curicica, Rio de Janeiro. A Belford Roxo resident, Antunes was first diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2005, but gave up treatment after four months. When he received the second treatment in 2006, he was pronounced cured after 11 months, however, re-diagnosed with TB the third time in 2008. He did not know why he was not cured, however, he thinks giving up in the first place had bad consequences.

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Aldaci Barbosa Antunes, 28, is an MDR-TB (Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis) patient who is being treated at Helio Fraga Hospital in Curicica, Rio de Janeiro. A Belford Roxo resident, Antunes was first diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2005, but gave up treatment after four months. When he received the second treatment in 2006, he was pronounced cured after 11 months, however, re-diagnosed with TB the third time in 2008. He did not know why he was not cured, however, he thinks giving up in the first place had bad consequences.