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NEW YORK / DIARRHEA REPORT
STORY: NEW YORK / DIARRHEA REPORT
TRT: 2:09
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: *****EMBARGOED 1130EST WEDNESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2009***
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 9 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
BANGLADESH, AUGUST 2009
1. Med shot, baby held in mother’s arms in hospital
2. Med shot, baby being fed in hospital
GABILEY, SOMALIA AUGUST, 2009
3. Med shot, young boy
BANGLADESH, AUGUST 2009
4. Med shot, dehydrated boy in hospital
OKONGO, NAMIBIA, OCTOBER 2009
5. Med shot, mother with baby
ARGENTINA, JULY 2009-
6. Close up, infant in intensive care
BANGLADESH, AUGUST 2009
7. Med shot, nurse in clinic
NEW YORK, USA, OCTOBER 9, 2009
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Clarissa Brocklehurst, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF:
“It’s a disappointment to many of us that diarrhea has slipped so much, given that it is such a huge factor in child survival and it’s a bit of a mystery as to why that has happened. Of course other diseases have come in and caught the spotlight. What it means is that the spending on the ways to reduce diarrheal disease is completely disproportionate to its impact.”
9. Med shot, cover of UNICEF report
10. Close up, page of UNICEF report
BANGLADESH, AUGUST 2009
11. Wide shot, mother and health worker on bench outside
12. Close up, ORS stirred into glass of water
13. Med shot, baby chewing on packet from ORS
14. Close up, hand holding dissolving zinc tablet in spoon
15. Med shot, mother holding small boy outside clinic
ZIMBABWE, UNKNOWN
16. Wide shot, women lined up for health services
17. Med shot, baby receiving vaccination
NEW YORK, USA, OCTOBER 9, 2009
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Young UNICEF Sr. Health Specialist:
"It's affordable by our standards but it is a rather expensive vaccine when you talk about the millions of children that will need it in India, in Bangladesh, in Ethiopia. So there is definitely a cost involved donors will have to step up to the plate to be sure that the funding is there.”
MYANMAR, MAY 2008
19. Med shot, health worker aids nursing mother
JOGJAKARTA, INDONESIA SEPTEMBER 2008
20. Med shot, schoolgirl washing hands
BERBERA, SOMALILAND, SOMALIA, AUGUST 2009
21. Wide shot, water cistern
22. Med shot, water supply
TAJIKISTAN, JULY 2009
23. Med shot, water supply
BANGLADESH, AUGUST 2009
24. Close up, face of dehydrated boy
25. Med shot, girl treated with oral re-hydration
Fewer than 40 percent of children in developing countries get adequate treatment when they contract diarrhea. As a result, more children die of the disease than of AIDS, measles and malaria combined.
An estimated 1.5 billion children die of dehydration, poor nutrition and a compromised immune system associated with diarrhea. But the disease is rarely acknowledged as the leading killer it is:
SOUNDBITE (English) Clarissa Brocklehurst, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF:
“It’s a disappointment to many of us that diarrhea has slipped so much, given that it is such a huge factor in child survival and it’s a bit of a mystery as to why that has happened. Of course other diseases have come in and caught the spotlight. What it means is that the spending on the ways to reduce diarrheal disease is completely disproportionate to its impact.”
A new report from UNICEF and the World Health Organization presents a seven point plan to reduce the burden of diarrhea, particularly in developing Africa and south Asia.
In particular, the report highlights the use of oral re-hydration salts and zinc to combat dehydration.
ORS – one of the major medical advancements of the 20th century - have been improved. Recent data shows that when coupled with zinc, its re-hydration power is significantly boosted. But zinc is still largely unavailable in the countries that need it.
The same is true of a new vaccine that has the potential to eliminate the main cause of disease. The rotavirus vaccine.
SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Young UNICEF Sr. Health Specialist:
"It's affordable by our standards but it is a rather expensive vaccine when you talk about the millions of children that will need it in India, in Bangladesh, in Ethiopia. So there is definitely a cost involved donors will have to step up to the plate to be sure that the funding is there.”
Other measures to reduce diarrhea, like promoting breastfeeding and handwashing are already in place and need to be scaled up. Still others, improving water supply and sanitation infrastructure, demand more financial investment.
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