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STORY: WHO / RWANDA TEDROS VISIT
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SOURCE: WHO
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DATELINE: 19-20 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
19 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
1. Wide shot, general view Kigali, Rwanda
20 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“We’re pleased to see that there have been no new cases in the past six days, and we hope that remains the case. Yesterday we visited the treatment centre, where there are still a few patients receiving treatment, although most are now negative for Marburg and we expect them to be discharged shortly. We were impressed with the level of critical care for patients, which has not been used before in an outbreak of a viral hemorrhagic fever on our continent. Two of the patients we met had experienced all of the symptoms of Marburg, including multiple organ failure, but they were put on life support, they were successfully intubated and extubated, and are now recovering. We believe this is the first time patients with Marburg virus have been extubated in Africa. These patients would have died in previous outbreaks. This reflects the work Rwanda has done over many years to strengthen its health system, to develop capacities for critical care and life support that can be deployed both in regular hospital care, and in emergencies.”
19 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
3. Various shots, visit to Marburg treatment centre, Kigali, Rwanda
20 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“Although there are no approved vaccines or therapeutics for Marburg, we congratulate Rwanda for the speed with which it initiated trials of both vaccines and therapeutics, and we hope that these trials will help to generate the data to support approval of these products for future outbreaks.”
19 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
5. Various shots, visit to National Command Post, Kigali, Rwanda
20 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General (filmed Kigali, Rwanda 20 October 2024):
“Yesterday we also visited the National Command Post, and we were impressed with the way technology is being used to provide real-time information for action and enhance operational efficiency.”
19 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
6. Various shots, visit to National Command Post, Kigali, Rwanda
20 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General: “Enhanced surveillance, contact tracing and infection prevention and control measures must continue at scale until the outbreak is declared over. WHO will continue to support the government in the response. Together with our partners we have provided technical experts, personal protective equipment, test kits and other supplies.”
8. Wide shot, journalists and participants at the press conference
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“I salute the dedicated health workers who have put themselves in harm’s way to save their colleagues, and who have continued to work despite the risks. And I honour the memory of those we have lost.”
19 OCTOBER 2024, KIGALI, RWANDA
10. Wide shot, signs at the National Command Post, Kigali, Rwanda
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros is undertaking a mission to Rwanda to assess firsthand the response to the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda, and the support being provided by WHO and partners. During his time in Rwanda, Dr Tedros has visited health facilities treating people infected by the virus and the command centre leading the response and met with national health authorities and United Nations partners.
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