DR CONGO / HIV/AIDS

UN HIV/AIDS prevention campaign targeting river transport users in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches 8,000 people and distributes 36,300 condoms in ports stretching from Kinshasa to Mbandaka. MONUC

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:20
• Production Date: 15 March 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - MONUC
• Subject Topical: TRANSPORT; MARITIME TRANSPORT; DISEASE PREVENTION; DISEASE CONTROL
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: U100315d

Description

STORY: DR CONGO / HIV/AIDS
TRT: 1:20
SOURCE: MONUC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 11 MARCH 2010, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) boat
2. Wide shot the river of Congo
3. Med shot, MONUC boat with the container with the UN sign
4. Wide shot, houses by the river and the fisherman with the canoes
5. Wide shot, Congolese canoe attached to the MONUC boat
6. Med shot, UN flag on MONUC boat
7. Wide shot, MONUC boat docking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Anuofo Uko, Military Observer, MONUC:
“I think the River of Hope is a commendable idea considering the scope of HIV/AIDS currently in Africa. I think it runs the highest. So an initiative like this should be supported and I think MONUC has done very well in providing this form of transportation.”
9. Wide shot, MONUC boat docking
10. Wide shot, activists preparing the equipment for the presentation to the local population
11. Various shots, the project presentation on HIV/AIDS awareness to the local population

Storyline

United Nations (UN) HIV/AIDS prevention campaign, targeting river transport users in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reached 8,000 people and distributed 36,300 condoms in ports stretching from Kinshasa to Mbandaka.

The World Food Programme (WFP) DRC Logistics initiated and co-led the UN Joint Program called "Transporting Hope" - a massive national effort to address HIV prevention and reduce its spread in all transport sectors including road, river, railway and air.

The river transport project called “River of Hope” started in March this year and recently completed its first trip on the Congo River. On board of a MONUC barge, an HIV prevention team traveled through three provinces. Seven such programmes targeting river users are planned in total.

SOUNDBITE (English) Major Anuofo Uko, Military Observer, MONUC:
“I think the River of Hope is a commendable idea considering the scope of HIV/AIDS currently in Africa. I think it runs the highest. So an initiative like this should be supported and I think MONUC has done very well in providing this form of transportation.”

The first of the series was the “Truckers’ Training” project started at 41 selected parking lots in eight provinces and targeted 78,000 truckers working on the main national corridors. All truckers employed or contracted by WFP are taught specific behavioral changes aimed at protecting them and their partners from HIV infection.

The “Rail of Hope” and “Airports HIV Prevention” projects are in the pipeline, together with the creation of an interconnected “Wellness Clinics” network aimed at providing basic health care and HIV services for mobile transport workers.