UN / PMTCT HIV WRAP

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the participants at a side event to the MDG Summit on Preventing Mother To Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Everyday about one thousand children under the age of 15 are infected with HIV, largely during pregnancy, at the time of delivery, or during breastfeeding. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:47
• Production Date: 21 September 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE PREVENTION; DISEASE CONTROL
• MAMS Id: U100921g

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STORY: UN / PMTCT HIV WRAP
TRT: 2:47
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: NEW YORK CITY, USA 21 SEPTEMBER 2010 / FILE

Shotlist

21 SEPTEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

1. Various, HIV working breakfast
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director:
“Even a few years ago, in a place like South Africa or Zambia or Ethiopia an HIV diagnosis during pregnancy was more than likely a double death sentence for mother and baby. But that has begun to change and that is reason for hope.”

FILE – UNICEF - MARCH 2008, KAMPALA, UGANDA

3. Various shots, baby getting tested for HIV

21 SEPTEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Babalwa Mbono, HIV Mentor Mother
“For me I would like to see the country and the world that has HIV babies and women that are health and strong and can live long to look after their families.”

FILE – UNICEF – MARCH 2008, DJIBOUTI

5. Close up, baby receiving anti-retroviral drugs

21 SEPTEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba, President, Namibia:
“HIV prevalence among children under one year of age has decreased from 13.5 percent in 2006 to seven per cent in 2009.”
7. Various, nutrition panel discussion
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
"I'm here to talk to you about how we can strengthen cooperation and our leadership role to mobilize the necessary resources and raise the awareness on the global food crisis.”
9. Various, nutrition panel discussion
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State:
"These interventions have the biggest impact when they occur during the first 1000 days of a child’s existence that begins with pregnancy continues through a child’s second birthday.”
11. Various, panel discussion
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Chapman, CEO, Plan International:
“We’ve got to raise the profile of the disparity between girls and boys and their achievements it’s implicit in the MDGs and it runs through many of them but the is not right out in your face the evidence is very strong that when you do invest in girls and girls issues and girls opportunities the payback is disproportionately high.”

FILE – UNICEF – JANUARY 2008, SVAY RIENG PROVINCE, CAMBODIA

13. Med shot, doctor treating mother and baby
14. Med shot, 12-year-old HIV positive AIDS orphan receiving check up

Storyline

When the world’s leading HIV AIDS experts met on day two of the Millennium Development Goal Summit ---hope was in the air.

SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF:
“Even a few years ago, in a place like South Africa or Zambia or Ethiopia an HIV diagnosis during pregnancy was more than likely a double death sentence for mother and baby. But that has begun to change and that is reason for hope.”

The rate of new HIV infections is dropping, especially in sub Saharan Africa. That hope is represented by women like Babalwa Mbono, who thanks to anti retroviral treatment has given birth to two babies who are free of HIV.

SOUNDBITE (English) Babalwa Mbono, HIV Mentor Mother:
“For me I would like to see the country and the world that has HIV babies and women that are health and strong and can live long to look after their families.”

And hope is seen on a larger scale in countries like Nigeria, leading the way in preventing the virus’s transmission from mother to child.

SOUNDBITE (English) Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba, President, Namibia:
“HIV prevalence among children under one year of age has decreased from 13.5 percent in 2006 to seven per cent in 2009.”

The needs of mothers and children were also centre stage at an event to draw attention to the crisis of undernutrition.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:

"I'm here to talk to you about how we can strengthen cooperation and our leadership role to mobilize the necessary resources and raise the awareness on the global food crisis.”

A thousand days are critical to ensuring children develop physically and mentally and are protected from disease.

SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United Sates:

"These interventions have the biggest impact when they occur during the first 1000 days of a child’s existence that begins with pregnancy continues through a child’s second birthday.”

UNICEF is working with more than a hundred partners to combat this serious and under-addressed challenge.

Partnership was also the focus of a panel discussion on how working together can better meet the needs of vulnerable and exploited children.

SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Chapman, CEO, Plan International:

“We’ve got to raise the profile of the disparity between girls and boys and their achievements it’s implicit in the MDGs and it runs through many of them but the is not right out in your face the evidence is very strong that when you do invest in girls and girls issues and girls opportunities the payback is disproportionately high.”

With five years to go fulfilling the promises of the Millennium Development Goals, UNICEF is encouraging a shift in focus towards equity—where every child can have their needs and rights fulfilled, no matter where they live.