Dear Friend,

In Tegucigalpa, Honduras, a mosquito bite can be near fatal. That was Victoria’s experience when she caught the mosquito-borne dengue virus.

“At first it was the fever, then the joint pain that wouldn’t let me move,” she says. “When the bleeding started, I thought I was going to die. All I wanted was to survive to be able to take care of my daughter.”

After her extremely challenging experience with the virus, Victoria joined a group of community leaders and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams who came together to fight dengue in their neighborhood using an unexpected collaborator: Mosquitoes themselves.

Here’s how it works: This technology uses mosquitoes that carry a type of bacteria called Wolbachia. These mosquitoes, when mature, mate with local mosquitoes to reduce disease transmission, for generations to come.  

Friend, MSF is working alongside community leaders on this innovative project in Honduras to ensure patients get the care they need to live healthier lives free from disease. When you make a gift right now, you’re helping to save lives and improve medical care for people like Victoria in Honduras and in over 70 countries around the world.