How Moldova is trying to control tuberculosis

Earlier this year, Vladimir (45) started to feel sick while working in Russia. He then decided to return to Moldova and went to the doctor in Balti, the second largest city of Moldova. Now he is under treatment for tuberculosis — six huge orange pills handed to him by an employee of the NGO Speranta Terrei. He feels the neighbours gossip about him and he notices that they try to avoid contact. "I feel isolated," he says.

Although tuberculosis has been completely eradicated in western Eu...