Svetlana and Alexander Nekrash in their home in Grodno, Belarus. The couple are on treatment for multidrug-resistant TB. They fell in love while in hospital during the first phase of treatment, and are now happily married.

TB continues to be a major public health issue in Europe, especially in Belarus. Eastern Europe’s burden of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB is among the highest in the world. In Belarus, nearly 38 percent of new TB cases are MDR.