Skip to main content
War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
Learn more
234 Results For "pneumonia"
 
msf-placeholder
HIV/AIDS

MSF basic information

"The worst is still to come in southern Africa. The region is facing human disaster on a scale it has never seen before." - Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS Project Update - 1 Jan 2001
 
msf-placeholder
Pneumonia

How pneumonia kills

Often pneumonia starts as a simple cold which goes down onto the chest. There, the virus causes inflammation of the lung tissue, and this allows any bacteria that are there to get past the local immune defences and set up a secondary infection. Project Update - 28 Sep 2000
 
msf-placeholder
Pneumonia

How MSF teams treat pneumonia patients

MSF nurses teach the mothers how to perform simple chest physiotherapy on their children. Project Update - 28 Sep 2000
 
msf-placeholder
Malnutrition

How MSF teams treat malnourished children

Children found to be less than 70% of the expected weight for their height are defined as severely malnourished. MSF teams admit them to a therapeutic feeding centre, where they receive intensive care. Project Update - 28 Sep 2000
 
msf-placeholder
Measles

How measles kills

The rash of measles covers not only the skin but also the internal body surfaces of an affected child. This is what causes the complications of measles. The rash affects the intestines, and this leads to diarrhoea. Project Update - 28 Sep 2000
 
msf-placeholder
Measles

How MSF teams treat measles patients

MSF teams concentrate on treating the complications of measles. Chest infections, especially the most severe form known as pneumonia, are treated with antibiotics. Project Update - 28 Sep 2000
 
msf-placeholder
Tajikistan

Relaunching mental health care in Tajikistan

It is a distressing fact that, in almost all societies, there is one group of people which is so vulnerable, so marginalised, so endangered by themselves or others that they should be an obvious case for special help and treatment. Project Update - 22 Jun 2000
 
msf-placeholder
Kosovo

MSF warns of risk of outbreak in coming weeks

Press Release - 4 May 1999
 
msf-placeholder
China

Thousands remain homeless on dykes

Press Release - 27 Nov 1998
 
Sierra Leone - Barriers to accessing health care 2022
Medical activities

Child health

Around the world, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are working to protect the health ofchildren. Topic
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

Learn more