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STORY: ZAMBIA / MEASLES
TRT: 2.45
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 19 JULY 2010, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
1. Close up, baby crying
2. Med shot, mother with crying baby
3. Wide shot, Isolation Ward at Chawama Health Centre
4. Med shot, mother tending to child in bed
5. Close up, child with measles in bed
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Tembo, Sister in Charge at Chawama Health Centre:
"Most of the children who are coming in have fever, they are coughing and they have a rash."
7. Med shot, child sitting on bed taking medicine
8. Close up, child sitting on bed taking medicine
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Tembo, Sister in Charge at Chawama Health Centre:
"Most families they live in small houses, where there are a lot of people staying in, so it's very easy for the children to get measles through droplet infections."
10. Wide shot, people walking on street in Lusaka
11. Tilt up, shop to radio speaker
12. Med shot, radio in shop playing advertisement for vaccination campaign
13. Wide shot, campaign launch banner and crowd
14. Med shot, drummers at launch ceremony
15. Close up, drummers hands
16. Wide shot, Chawama Health Centre exterior
17. Med shot, mothers and children lining up
18. Med shot, Minister of Health and crowd
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Kapembwa Simbao, Minister of Health:
"So this is a very serious problem for this country, right now. And we are happy to see this very overwhelming, uh, response, by the people."
20. Wide shot, vaccination outreach under tree
21. Close shot, mothers holding babies
22. Close up, needle and vaccine
23. Close up, child receiving vaccine
24. Med shot, UNICEF Health Specialist in UNICEF office
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Rodgers Mwale, UNICEF Health Specialist - Maternal, Newborn and Child Health:
"So essentially the ages group that we are targeting in the campaign right now is nine months to four years, in every other district of Zambia except for Lusaka, where we are targeting six months to five years. Ideally we would have targeted everywhere six months to five years, but resources would not allow."
26. Wide shot, mother's with babies lining up at Matero for vaccine
27. Med shot, nurse taking health booklet from mother
28. Close up, tally of young patients
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Rhoida Gubule, Mother:
"I think that people are supposed to take it serious when they hear that their kids are supposed to be vaccinated. They should take them there for vaccination."
30. Close up, measles injection
An outbreak of measles in Zambia has thousands of patients seeking treatment, and nearly eighty have died most of them children under the age of five.
Evelyn Tembo, Sister in Charge at the Chawama Health Centre says approximately ten new patients come through the clinic per day.
SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Tembo, Sister in Charge at Chawama Health Centre:
"Most of the children who are coming in have fever, they are coughing and they have a rash."
Measles was thought to be a controlled disease in Zambia. It is highly contagious, and is hitting the city hardest.
In Tembo's five years at the Chawama Health Clinic in Lusaka, this is the first time she has seen an admission ward for measles.
SOUNDBITE (English) Evelyn Tembo, Sister in Charge at Chawama Health Centre:
"Most families they live in small houses, where there are a lot of people staying in, so it's very easy for the children to get measles through droplet infections."
The Department of Health has used a radio, TV and door to door outreach approach.
The Government and partners know they must work fast if they aim to keep the measles in check. Turnout on the first day showed that the population has gotten the message.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kapembwa Simbao, Minister of Health:
"So this is a very serious problem for this country, right now. And we are happy to see this very overwhelming, uh, response, by the people."
The five-day campaign aims to reach 1.4 million children throughout the country. In Kafue village 45 kilometres outside of Lusaka, nurses expected to give 500 doses, double the anticipated amount before the end of the day. This, however, may still not be enough.
SOUNDBITE (English) Rodgers Mwale, UNICEF Health Specialist:
"So essentially the ages group that we are targeting in the campaign right now is nine months to four years, in every other district of Zambia except for Lusaka, where we are targeting six months to five years. Ideally we would have targeted everywhere six months to five years, but resources would not allow."
Funding for the campaign is still short 1.1 million US dollars, or 30% of the necessary budget. For Rhoida Gubule and her son Deene, there is no time to wait.
SOUNDBTIE (English) Rhoida Gubule, Mother:
"I think that people are supposed to take it serious when they hear that their kids are supposed to be vaccinated. They should take them there for vaccination."
The Zambians are proudly taking on the Child's Health Week slogan: "Our Children, Our Investment."
