In hospital, treatment for children includes hydration and rest. There is no vaccine or specific medicine for the virus, so all the MSF medical team can do is to control the symptoms and treat the consequences while waiting for the body to...

In hospital, treatment for children includes hydration and rest. There is no vaccine or specific medicine for the virus, so all the MSF medical team can do is to control the symptoms and treat the consequences while waiting for the body to stabilize.

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  1. silas216 reblogged this from doctorswithoutborders
  2. pawiepaupau said: Sadly, dengue is also rampant in the Philippines. The past month has been awful and public hospitals’ pediatric wards are already over crowded due to the number of cases. There have been 500 deaths because sometimes, they came too late =(
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