TB survivors speak out: ‘Social stigma is a reality even today for those with TB’
Himani Verma from Chhattisgarh, Kailash Chandra Mishra from Odisha, G. Poongodi from Tamil Nadu (T.N.), and Sudeshwar Kumar Singh from Bihar are all Tuberculosis (TB) survivors-turned-champions, which means they are actively working to support communities affected by TB. They are founding members of their respective State-level TB survivor-led networks. These are excerpts from interviews with them:
Tell us your experience with TB. How did it affect your life?Himani: I had TB when I was in Class 12. I stopped meeting my friends ,and my family did not share my TB status with others. It was in 2018, when I first attended the TB survivor to TB Champion training, that my perspective changed.
Kailash: When I was diagnosed with TB, I was studying in school. TB impacted my studies a l...