Honduras
Due to an alarming increase in cases of dengue fever in Honduras this year, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched an emergency intervention in Tegucigalpa, capital of the Central American country, where the majority of cases have been reported. MSF is supporting local health services with a three-pronged approach focusing on medical care, vector control and community education. Such dengue intervention is relatively new for MSF.
Photo: Juan Carlos Tomasi
More than 80 children have already been treated in an emergency paediatric ward set up by MSF. Mobile teams are also working with the local health authorities to identify and eliminate sources of infection in 4,000 households in the...
