BENI / GUTERRES EBOLA TREATMENT CENTRE

UN Secretary General António Guterres visited today an Ebola treatment centre in Beni where he expressed his admiration for the courage, resilience and commitment of the community in which the first case was detected a year ago. MONUSCO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:05:23
• Production Date: 1 September 2019
• Asset Language: French
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION STABILIZATION MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - MONUSCO
• Subject Topical: EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: 2442160
• Parent Id: 2442160
• Alternate Title: unifeed190901a

Description

STORY: BENI / GUTERRES EBOLA TREATMENT CENTRE
TRT: 5:23
SOURCE: MONUSCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 01 SEPTEMBER 2019, BENI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Shotlist

01 SEPTEMBER 2019, BENI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

1. Wide shot, Guterres and governor of North Kivu province disembarking from plane
2. Med shot, Guterres welcomed by local and UN officials
3. Wide shot, Guterres standing on platform
4. Pan left, arms salute
5. Wide shot, Guterres inspecting peacekeepers
6. Tracking, Guterres being greeted by local population
7. Wide shot, Ebola treatment centre sign
8. tracking, Guterres arriving at Ebola treatment centre
9. Various shots, Guterres meeting with Ebola response team in Mangina
10. Tracking, Guterres walking into the treatment centre and taking of temperature at entrance
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11. Various shots, Guterres visiting room for patients being treated for Ebola
12. Med shot, people cured from Ebola among crowd
13. Pan left, Guterres giving a certificate to person healed from Ebola
14. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This gentleman is a hero. There is a battle against Ebola, and he has won this battle. So, I think he deserves all our admiration because he did everything right. He showed up; things were detected; he underwent treatment; he is cured. So, I have an appeal to all those who are undergoing treatment and to all those who are healed. You have to be our spokespersons. You have to talk to all the people you know, to all your friends, to all the people in your village, in your city, to your colleagues, to the mothers who have children, to the other mothers, to those who have children, children at school, the parents of other children at school, everyone has to be told that at the least suspicion, you have to come to check if there is no problem and then if there is any doubt, you must undergo the treatment you have undergone.”
15. Med shot, woman healed from Ebola
16. Wide shot, Guterres taking photo with people healed from Ebola
17. Med shot, woman healed from Ebola and working in the centre, taking care of children whose mothers are receiving treatment

Storyline

UN Secretary General António Guterres visited today (01 Sep) an Ebola treatment centre in Beni where he expressed his admiration for the courage, resilience and commitment of the community in which the first case was detected a year ago.

Guterres arrived to Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) along with the Governor of North Kivu province, Carly Nzanzu Kasivita, and was welcome by local and UN peacekeeping officials.

The UN chief travelled to Mangina, a rural commune in Beni territory where the first case of Ebola was detected one year ago. He met with staff working at the centre for the treatment of the Ebola virus disease.

Guterres witnessed the discharge of four people cured from Ebola at the centre. To date, a total of 167 patients were cured at the Mangina centre.

The UN Secretary-General asked the cured patients to be “spokespersons” to their communities in the effort to end the Ebola crisis.

SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This gentleman is a hero. There is a battle against Ebola, and he has won this battle. So, I think he deserves all our admiration because he did everything right. He showed up; things were detected; he underwent treatment; he is cured. So, I have an appeal to all those who are undergoing treatment and to all those who are healed. You have to be our spokespersons. You have to talk to all the people you know, to all your friends, to all the people in your village, in your city, to your colleagues, to the mothers who have children, to the other mothers, to those who have children, children at school, the parents of other children at school, everyone has to be told that at the least suspicion, you have to come to check if there is no problem and then if there is any doubt, you must undergo the treatment you have undergone.”

Guterres highlighted the importance of security in the fight against Ebola to allow freedom of movement and access to healthcare workers. He said the UN’s solidarity must be expressed through increased cooperation between MONUSCO and the Armed Forces of the DRC to stem the terrorist acts of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and demobilize other local armed groups.

The UN chief said funding pledges up to the end of the year are more or less in line with the need for Ebola control, but only 15 percent has been paid so far. He said, even with promises, the lack of funding could jeopardize the response to counter the Ebola virus disease.