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WHO / MEASLES REPORT
STORY: WHO / MEASLES REPORT
TRT: 2:31
SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 NOVEMBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
FILE – JULY 2018, SIERRA LEONE
1. Wide shot, mothers carrying children
2. Wide shot, people gathering to receive vaccinations
28 NOVEMBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Friede, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization (WHO):
“A lot of people have forgotten how dangerous measles can be. While most children will just suffer from fever and some spots in the body a significant percentage of these will undergo serious neurological problems.”
FILE – JULY 2018, SIERRA LEONE
4. Wide shot, healthcare workers registering children for vaccinations
5. Med shot, healthcare workers registering children for vaccinations
28 NOVEMBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Friede, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Measles can be fatal. However, fatalities are relatively rare, less than one in a thousand children actually die from the measles infection. However, what is far more common are neurological consequences. This can cause blindness. It is one of the leading causes of blindness. It can also cause pneumonia and it can cause severe cerebral deficiencies.”
FILE – JULY 2018, SIERRA LEONE
7. Close up, healthcare workers registering children for vaccinations
8. Close up, Healthcare worker filling syringe with measles vaccine
28 NOVEMBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Friede, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Unfortunately, in the last two years, we have seen a worrying uptick in the number of measles cases. So in 2017, there was a thirty percent rise in the number of measles cases reported to WHO.”
FILE – JULY 2018, SIERRA LEONE
10. Close up, healthcare workers registering children for vaccinations
28 NOVEMBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
11. UPSOUND (English) Martin Friede, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Every child should be vaccinated against measles not only with one dose, but with two doses of the measles vaccine.”
FILE – JULY 2018, SIERRA LEONE
12. Med shot, child being vaccinated
28 NOVEMBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Friede, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Ensuring that every child receives two doses is a worldwide issue. Every single person has a role to play in this. From the parents and the caregivers to the healthcare workers through to the immunization program managers through to the government. Everybody needs to be working towards ensuring children get two doses of the vaccine and that this disease is eliminated.”
FILE – JULY 2018, SIERRA LEONE
14. Med shot, mother waiting for child to be vaccinated
15. Wide shot, child being vaccinated
16. Close up, healthcare worker discarding syringe
17. Close up, child holding measles vaccination card
In a report issued today, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a “worrying uptick” in the number of measles cases with a 30 percent rise in the dangerous disease in 2017.
Martin Friede, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO said many people “have forgotten how dangerous measles can be.” He said while most children show mild symptoms, a significant percentage of them “undergo serious neurological problems”, causing blindness and in rare cases death.
SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Friede, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Measles can be fatal. However, fatalities are relatively rare, less than one in a thousand children actually die from the measles infection. However, what is far more common are neurological consequences. This can cause blindness. It is one of the leading causes of blindness. It can also cause pneumonia and it can cause severe cerebral deficiencies.”
Friede said huge progress towards eliminating measles has been made since the year 2000, avoiding some 21 million deaths through vaccinations. He said measles were a very common disease, but today in many countries parents have not seen measles. However, the breakdown in the health infrastructure of fragile countries and hesitancy towards the vaccine by parents in wealthy countries has created “a worrying uptick in the number of measles cases.” He stressed that every child should be vaccinated against measles “not only with one dose, but with two doses of the measles vaccine.” He noted that this would ensure a lifetime immunity for children from the disease.
Friede stressed that ensuring that every child receives two doses of the measles vaccine “is a worldwide issue.” He said, “Every single person has a role to play in this. From the parents and the caregivers to the healthcare workers through to the immunization program managers through to the government. Everybody needs to be working towards ensuring children get two doses of the vaccine and that this disease is eliminated.”
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