Honduras: MSF responds to new epidemic of dengue fever (ENG)

Following a prolonged rainy season, Honduras is seeing a sharp increase in cases of dengue fever. To help bring the epidemic under control, MSF are providing support to the Mario Catarino Rivas hospital in San Pedro Sula, at a paediatric ward specially opened in response to the epidemic and providing pediatricians, nurses, drugs and medical equipment for patients with severe dengue.

At the same time, vector control teams are also working in the Choloma area, going from house to house to fumigate the area and clean water tanks and other potential mosquito breeding sites, in support of the Honduras Ministry of Health and Choloma Municipality Health Coordination.

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Date taken / Date Recorded 05/03/2019 12:00 AM

Country Honduras

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Yves Magat

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Additional Information / Shotlist Honduras: MSF responds to new epidemic of dengue fever (ENG)

00:00:01:10 - ON SCREEN TEXT
Following a prolonged rainy season,
Honduras is seeing a sharp increase
in cases of Dengue fever.

00:00:14:12 - El Rancho INHABITANT
Choloma, Honduras

The three of us already got dengue, but it was mild-dengue,
not the severe one. The three of us were sick, but thank God it is over now.

00:00:24:22 - Dr. Deisy FERNANDEZ
MSF Dengue Response Manager

The public health risks are very high. Since the beginning of the year we've had more than 700 cases of severe dengue.

00:00:34:06 - ON SCREEN TEXT
To help bring the epidemic under control,
MSF is supporting the Hospital's Dengue pediatric ward,
with pediatricians, nurses, drugs and medical equipment

00:00:41:07 - Sophie MOREAU
MSF Project Coordinator, Choloma

Médecins Sans Frontières is supporting the hospital with staff and medication
and medical material, for the patients who get there and have serious dengue.
And then we have teams working in the communities to prevent the epidemic to
spread. And that will be to do education, to do the fumigation and also to put
the product in the water tanks, that the people store for their activities, in
order to kill the larvae.

00:01:08:23 - Health Promoter and inhabitant
- Have you heard about the symptoms?
- Of which dengue?
- Of classical dengue, the normal one.
- Well, yes... fever...loss of appetite.

00:01:20:10 - ON SCREEN TEXT
Dengue is principally found
in urban and semi-urban areas
of tropical and subtropical regions.

00:01:20:10 - El Rancho Inhabitant
Some mosquitoes look like they weight up to a pound! And we have to smash them!

00:01:28:17 - ON SCREEN TEXT
Untreated, severe dengue can cause
life-threatening complications
and it is particularly risky for children.

00:01:37:07 - MoH Nurse
When I checked his temperature at the clinic, he had 38.5º C.
And besides the fever, he told me he felt pain in his body and his eyes.

00:01:28:17 - ON SCREEN TEXT
MSF is also supporting the Choloma Municipality
to run vector control activities in the area,
in order to contain the spread of the epidemic.

00:01:55:07 - Health promoter and lady:
- Hello! Excuse me!
- How many water tanks do you have?
- We have two...

00:02:02:13 - El Rancho INHABITANT
Choloma, Honduras
Since we live almost in the mountain, we need some support, right?
But for me, it's a good job what they are doing here.