Editor’s Note: This investigation was conducted by the Objective investigative reporting project in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, a Kyiv Post partner. The program is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, and implemented by a joint venture between NIRAS and BBC Media Action.

DONETSK, Ukraine – While Russia’s war against Ukraine has claimed more

than 1,000 lives since April, in addition to at least 363 servicemen,

there are other casualties that aren’t getting as much attention.One of them is worsening public health, specifically a tuberculosis epidemic because of dislocation and stress, interrupted medical treatment and the outdated approach that health officials take to curing the potentially deadly disease.