PARAGUAY/ VACCINATION CAMPAIGN

A massive effort is under way to vaccinate 30 million people in 44 countries and territories in the Western Hemisphere. The campaign began in Paraguay with a kickoff of events in the South American Chaco region during the seventh annual Vaccination Week in the Americas. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:05
• Production Date: 6 May 2009
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HEALTH; DISEASE PREVENTION; DISEASE CONTROL
• Geographic Subject: PARAGUAY
• MAMS Id: U090506d

Description

STORY: PARAGUAY / VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
TRT: 2:05
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26 APRIL 2009, CHACO, PARAGUAY/ FILE

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, crowd gathered outside meeting hall
2. Med shot, small boy getting polio drops
3. Wide shot, motorcycle drives down dirt road
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan President:
"How beautiful, because I was thinking that the diseases of dengue and cholera don't have borders. How beautiful that we can break the borders to work together."
5. Wide shot, group of speakers standing on stage under "Vacunacion" banner

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6. Med shot, family of migrant farm workers gathered under tarp in dirt field
7. Med shot, female health worker talking with young couple in hospital
8. Med shot, mother and health worker weigh small baby on porch
9. Med shot, man clears brush with pole
10. Close up, fire burning in brush
11. Wide shot, field
12. Close up, sign reading "NAZARETH"
13. Close up, baby girl being weighed
14. Close up, baby in red sweater receiving polio drops
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Nils Kastberg, UNICEF Regional Director: "Most countries in the region fought for their independence 200 years ago and invested in territorial sovereignty. We should establish a next generation bicentennial, by focusing on vaccinating all children for the next 18 years. What better act of sovereignty than to protect all citizens? One part of this protection of the bicentennial generation is vaccination."
16. Wide shot, group of people having a meal at long table outside
17. Close up, boy standing against wood pole
18. Wide shot, children on swing set
19. Close up, girl in red hat
20. Close up, girl with red sweatshirt, looking into camera
21. Wide shot, people gathered outside, near vaccination poster on tree
22. Close up, vaccination poster (with Sesame Street characters) on tree

Storyline

A massive effort is underway to vaccinate 30 million people in 44 countries and territories in the Western Hemisphere.
It began in conjunction with the seventh annual Vaccination Week (29 April – 2 May) in the Americas, which kicked off with events in the South American Chaco region, along the border with Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, appearing in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay, said it was a beautiful symbol for the three countries to raise their flags together and work to save lives.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan President:
"How beautiful, because I was thinking that the diseases of dengue and cholera don't have borders. How beautiful that we can break the borders to work together."

Emphasis this year is on reminding people that vaccination is a family affair, not only essential for preventing child deaths, but also for protecting adolescents, adults and senior citizens.

Another theme is protecting health workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. They work in high-risk areas but historically have low vaccination rates against hepatitis b, influenza, measles and rubella.

UNICEF Regional Director Nils Kastberg noted that most countries in the region fought for their independence 200 years ago and invested in territorial sovereignty. He urged establishing a next generation bicentennial, by focusing on vaccinating all children for the next 18 years.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Nils Kastberg, UNICEF Regional Director: "Most countries in the region fought for their independence 200 years ago and invested in territorial sovereignty. We should establish a next generation bicentennial, by focusing on vaccinating all children for the next 18 years. What better act of sovereignty than to protect all citizens? One part of this protection of the bicentennial generation is vaccination."

Other international events associated with vaccination week are taking place along the border areas of the United States and Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras, Colombia and Brazil, and Peru, Bolivia and Chile, among others.