SOUTH SUDAN / TREATMENT CENTRE

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) set up a primary health clinic at a transit centre to provide basic health services to people displaced by recent fighting in the South Sudanese capital Juba. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:49
• Production Date: 26 July 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION - IOM
• Subject Topical: CHOLERA; HEALTH SERVICES; MALARIA
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1680766
• Parent Id: 1680766
• Alternate Title: unifeed160726b

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / TREATMENT CENTRE
TRT: 2:49
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNMISS
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22-26 JULY 2016, JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

22 JULY 2016, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Wide shot, pharmacy area
2. Close up, patient's legs
3. Wide shot, Manal and Iman
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Manal, internally displaced person:
"When we arrived here, it rained heavily and she got sick. We brought her to the clinic, and she was admitted. The said she had malaria. She was given two drips and quinin, then they change the injection to tablets, and she is still taking the medicines".

26 JULY 2016, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

5. Various shots, patients outside consultation tent
6. Medium shot, exterior of patients getting into tent
7. Med shot, patients’ legs waiting in queue
8. Close up, patient’s registration card
9. Med shot, patients waiting
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelsi Kriitmaa, Health Programme Officer, International Organisation for Migration (IOM):
"We have currently set up a health clinic here; it is a primary healthcare unit. We established it on July 13th, immediately after the fighting. Immediately after the ceasefire, when we were able to get access to the site here."
11. Various shots, child's leg being bandaged
12. Close up, Bandaged foot
13. Med shot, children walking
14. Wide of Child and her friend walking away
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelsi Kriitmaa, Health Programme Officer, International Organisation for Migration (IOM):
"We are seeing on average between 150 to 220 patients a day, and top morbidities are generally malaria because we are in the rainy season which is to be expected, as well as ARIs which is Acute respiratory infections. We are also seeing a lot of skin diseases and some acute watery diarrhea. And now as we know the cholera outbreak has been declared in Juba, and we have seen some suspected cases of cholera here at the site."
17. Various shots, doctor consulting patients
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelsi Kriitmaa, Health Programme Officer, International Organisation for Migration (IOM):
"Last week, the ministry of health issued a press statement, and held a press conference to issue formally a cholera alert for Juba city, Juba town, and what we have seen so far is six cases, specifically at our clinic here in UNMISS Tomping. And what we are doing, we are working with the ministry of health and partners to try to do triage as best as possible. The current protocol on the ground is that only severely dehydrated cases should be referred to the CTC, which is the cholera Treatment Centre which is being run by the ministry of health and MSF at Juba Teaching hospital."
19. Pan right, IOM primary health care centre

Storyline

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) set up a primary health clinic at a transit centre to provide basic health services to people displaced by recent fighting in the South Sudanese capital Juba.

Five year old Iman was one of the many beneficiaries. Her eldest sister Manal brought her in when she fell sick.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Manal, internally displaced person:
"When we arrived here, it rained heavily and she got sick. We brought her to the clinic, and she was admitted. The said she had malaria. She was given two drips and quinin, then they change the injection to tablets, and she is still taking the medicines".

The primary healthcare centre was set up at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Tomping compound.

SOUNDBITE (English) Kelsi Kriitmaa, Health Programme Officer, International Organisation for Migration (IOM):
"We have currently set up a health clinic here; it is a primary healthcare unit. We established it on July 13th, immediately after the fighting. Immediately after the ceasefire, when we were able to get access to the site here."

The health facility has been offering immediate lifesaving care for the displaced at the site. The facility also offers help for patients who come in for general consultations, basic reproductive health services and acute watery diarrhea.

Soundbite (English) Kelsi Kriitmaa, Health Programme Officer at International Organisation for Migration
"We are seeing on average between 150 to 220 patients a day, and top morbidities are generally malaria because we are in the rainy season which is to be expected, maps well as ARIs which is Acute respiratory infections - processing a lot of skin diseases and some acute watery diarrhea and now as we know the cholera outbreak has been declared in Juba, and we have seen some suspected cases of cholera here at the site."

Complicated cases of watery diarrhea are referred to Juba Teaching hospital, while other partners also take on more complicated cases.

Soundbite (English) Kelsi Kriitmaa, Health Programme Officer at International Organisation for Migration
"Last week, the ministry of health issued a press statement, and held a press conference to issue formally a cholera alert for Juba city, Juba town, and what we have seen so far is six cases, specifically at our clinic here in UNMISS Tomping, and what we are doing, we are working with the ministry of health and partners to try to do triage as best as possible. The current protocols on the ground is that only severely dehydrated cases should be referred to the CTC, which is the cholera Treatment Centre which is being run by the ministry of health and MSF at Juba Teaching hospital."

As part of the medical teams, IOM has also been running a community awareness program. Hygiene promotors disseminated information on common diseases like malaria, diarrhea and cholera, and were also involved in active case finding so as to refer those sick at ‘home’ to clinics.