Owing to the wise policy of the Esteemed President of Turkmenistan health, wellbeing and moral purity of the people turned into the country’s main principles.
In the Epoch of Happiness of our country health of the population becomes one of the priorities that include various activities and turns into the everyday reality of the community based and individual social support. It finds its reflection in the construction of the modern medical centers and sanatoriums, in the protection of the environment, mass sports events, as well as in cultivating of principles of healthy way of living, moral and spiritual values in every single person.
        One of the most important activities of the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan is improvement of the quality of services aimed at saving lives and health of population. National Society’s staff is conducting comprehensive informative and educative activities on prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Prevention of tuberculosis is one of the types of these activities. 
        Treatment of tuberculosis is a long and complicated process. Often patients remain one on one with their disease as the people around do not always understand the reasons of the disease and what the patient has to pass through. 
       TB patients have a very low immunity and have to thoroughly follow the medicine intake, keep to a diet and visit a doctor on a regular basis. Usually the treatment process lasts for 6-8 months. But there is also, so called, drug resistant type of tuberculosis - DR TB, treatment of which takes up to 2 years. During those 2 years patient has to strictly follow the medicines intake under the doctor’s supervision, pass the medical examination on a regular basis.
        Starting from 2013 National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan provides support to DR TB patients, to ensure the completion of the treatment course. This support includes home visits or phone conversations with the patients to ensure that the treatment goes accordingly to plan, if the patient has some problems that can affect the treatment process the NRCST staff helps in resolving those problems. NRCST is organizing trainings for the patients and their relative in the Patients’ school.  Since April 2016 qualified psychological counseling has been provided within the project’s framework.
        By performing such activities National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan contributes to prevention of tuberculosis spread in the country.