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GUINEA / BANBURY
STORY: GUINEA / BANBURY
TRT: 3:00
SOURCE: UNMEER
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 DECEMBER 2014, SIGOURI, GUINEA / KOUREMALE, GUINEA - MALI BORDER / 28 DECEMBER 2014, CONAKRY, GUINEA
1. Pan right, sign reading Together Against Ebola
2. Med shot, SRSG Tony Banbury descending from aircraft and having his temperature checked
3. Pan right, Pan left from a sign reading Stop: Customs to a woman approaching border crossing
4. Med shot, women at border crossing
5. Wide shot, vehicle riding through village
6. Med shot, Banbury and community leader walking through village after visiting family of Iman Oussa Koita
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER:
“Things are getting put into place. The UN presence on the ground is getting stronger, the government is getting more organized, social mobilization is beginning to work, we were told by senior administrative officials in Sigouri about how there was very strong resistance earlier on, particularly among the mining communities to the message of Ebola. Now most of the people have been convinced, it’s not all, clearly hard work needs to be done, but the bottomline is we are making progress and we are moving in the right direction .”
8. Pan right, Community Care Center
9. Med shot, Banbury and delegation entering tent at Community Care Center
10. Tilt down, medical bed at Community Care Center
11. Wide shot, bicycle riding through town
12. Pan right, Banbury and delegation walking through town
13. Various shots, meeting with religious and community leaders
14. Med shot, Banbury posing with caregivers and community representatives
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER:
“I am sure Guinea will beat Ebola. I am sure not only Guinea but Liberia and Sierra Leone will do it. It’s just a question of when, how soon it can happen. And the sooner we can make it happen, through collective effort, international and national effort, fewer people will die.”
16. Med shot, wing of UN plane in flight
17. Various shots, Banbury meeting with Guinean President Alpha Condé
18. Med shot, cameramen
19. Wide shot, President Condé speaking from podium
20. SOUNDBITE (French) Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER:
“The efforts by the government of the Republic of Guinea are really making a great difference by providing cooperation on the ground with all the administrative, health and security officials not only in Guinea, but also the authorities in Mali, providing governmental leadership, providing cooperation between the United Nations system and the government, providing sensitization efforts, and making a great difference .”
21. Wide shot, Condé and Banbury shake hands
The Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury, visited Guinea over the weekend, traveling to a distant border outpost where alarms were raised in October after an Ebola infected imam from Guinea had entered Mali.
The incident, when Iman Oussa Koita - who later died - traveled from the border town of Kouremale all the way to Mali’s capital Bamako, highlighted the porous nature of the borders and the difficulties that it implies in containing the disease.
Banbury visited Koita’s relatives in Kouremale. The family lost eleven members in total to the disease.
On his way back from the area, the UN official spoke of the efforts to sensitize the population about the dangers of Ebola transmission.
SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER:
“Things are getting put into place. The UN presence on the ground is getting stronger, the government is getting more organized, social mobilization is beginning to work, we were told by senior administrative officials in Sigouri about how there was very strong resistance earlier on, particularly among the mining communities to the message of Ebola. Now most of the people have been convinced, it’s not all, clearly hard work needs to be done, but the bottomline is we are making progress and we are moving in the right direction .”
Community Care Centers have been built and are operational on both sides of the border. During his visit, Banbury met with local religious and community leaders and heard their concerns.
He made clear that Ebola will be defeated.
SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER:
“I am sure Guinea will beat Ebola. I am sure not only Guinea but Liberia and Sierra Leone will do it. It’s just a question of when, how soon it can happen. And the sooner we can make it happen, through collective effort, international and national effort, fewer people will die.”
On Sunday, back in Guinea’s capital Conakry, Banbury, who concludes his term as Head of the mission at the end of the month, met with Guinean President Alpha Condé and expressed support for the government’s efforts to combat the disease.
SOUNDBITE (French) Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER:
“The efforts by the government of the Republic of Guinea are really making a great difference by providing cooperation on the ground with all the administrative, health and security officials not only in Guinea, but also the authorities in Mali, providing governmental leadership, providing cooperation between the United Nations system and the government, providing sensitization efforts, and making a great difference .”
According to the World Health Organization, as of 26 December there have been 2,342 confirmed Ebola cases in Guinea, with 1,385 confirmed deaths.
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