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COTE D’IVOIRE / MEDICAL FACILITIES
STORY: COTE D’IVOIRE / MEDICAL FACILITIES
TRT: 3.20
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / BAOULÉ / NATS
DATELINE: 13-17 SEPTEMBER 2010, CENTRAL NORTHWEST REGION, IVORY COAST
1. Close up, infant’s head on measuring table
2. Close up, infant’s feet on measuring table
3. Wide shot, midwives examining child at health centre
4. Med shot, midwives speaking with mother of baby being weighed
5. Med shot, mother holding baby on measuring table
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Emily Goh, mother of Dorade:
“Before, hardly anything was happening here. There weren’t enough midwives. During the war, the doctor wasn’t even here. Everything was hard. But after the war they came – the European Union came, and UNICEF came, and now it’s good. It’s good.”
7. Wide shot, man in main street and market
8. Med shot, man in mainstreet and market
9. Wide shot, destroyed building
10. Pan left, destroyed medical furniture and equipment
11. Med shot, European Union/UNICEF logos on Yapleu clinic sign
12. Med shot, medical staff meeting
13. Close up, medical staff
14. Med shot, nurse consultation with mother and child
15. Close up, mother speaking to nurse
16. Med shot, nurse consulting algorithm booklet
17. Close up, algorithm booklet
18. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Gossan Anoman, 44, senior nurse, Yapleu clinic:
“Since we had our training, and the training of the Community Health Workers, they have started to give counselling, and we’ve seen the rate of child mortality decrease significantly, I myself and very impressed.”
19. Wide shot, clinic
20. Med shot, hospital sign
21. Tilt up, maternity entrance
22. Pan right, clinic rehabilitated buildings
23. Tilt down, new fans, mosquito nets and beds
24. Med shot, cold storage
25. Close up, vaccines in cold storage
26. Med shot, EU/UNICEF vehicle donations enter frame
27. Pan left, motorcycles end on vehicle
28. SOUNDBITE (French) Dr Lucien Lehié Bi, Director, Dedievi Health District:
“With this transport, we are able to bring the medication to the centres, as well as attract the nurses and qualified personnel who can go into the centres and serve the population directly.”
29. Med shot, community workers pumping bicycle tires
30. Wide shot, community health worker rides through frame on bicycle
31. Wide shot, community health workers rides through frame to park at community meeting
32. Med shot community health worker shaking hands with children and mothers
33. Close up, community health worker shaking hand of child
34. SOUNDBITE (Baoulé) Madeleine Amouin Kouassi, mother of four:
“What he has come to teach us, it reinforces our health. I will take this knowledge back home with me.”
35. Pan right, Sylvie with baby waiting for vaccination
36. Med shot, Sylvie with baby and nurse
37. Close up, nurse filling syringe
38. Close up, baby receiving vaccine
It’s Tuesday morning at the Yapleu health centre in Central Northwest Cote d’Ivoire. This means it’s check-up time and Yapleu’s team of midwives and nurses eagerly examine the local children. They have been advocating a breast-milk only diet for children under six months and it is working. Little Dorade is big and healthy, thanks to the staff at the clinic.
SOUNDBITE (French) Emily Goh, mother of Dorade:
“Before, hardly anything was happening here. There weren’t enough midwives. During the war, the doctor wasn’t even here. Everything was hard. But after the war they came, the European Union came, and UNICEF came, and now it’s good. It’s good.”
While life is relatively calm in Cote d’Ivoire today, just eight years ago, civil war tore the country apart. Much of the population was left to fend for themselves as medical staff could hardly work clinics and hospitals were destroyed and equipment was either ruined or looted.
The European Union and UNICEF forged a partnership in 2006 to rehabilitate medical facilities and train personnel.
Senior Nurse Bernard Anoman has worked at the clinic for 12 years. He was one of Yapleu’s 28 staff to participate in medical training. Using the basic reference materials and algorithm charts donated by the EU and UNICEF, Bernard confidently consults in this rural area.
SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Gossan Anoman, 44, senior nurse, Yapleu clinic:
“Since we had our training, and the training of the Community Health Workers, they have started to give counselling, and we’ve seen the rate of child mortality decrease significantly, I myself and very impressed.”
Rehabilitation projects took place throughout the Central Northwest Region, in 39 districts. Referral hospitals, maternity wards, pharmacies and operating theatres all benefited from new roofs, windows and paint.
Basic items like mosquito nets, beds and mattresses were distributed. Among other new equipment, cold storage units were installed to allow for regular and emergency vaccination campaigns.
Twenty-two trucks and 178 motorcycles allow medical staff to bring the health network into rural areas, and respond to emergencies.
SOUNDBITE (French) Dr Lucien Lehié Bi, Director, Dedievi Health District:
“With this transport, we are able to bring the medication to the centres, as well as attract the nurses and qualified personnel who can go into the centres and serve the population directly.”
Nearly 3000 bicycles were distributed by the EU and UNICEF throughout the region. This allows for volunteers to go out twice a week, he checks in on individuals, teaches basic health practices and serves as a liaison with the clinic.
SOUNDBITE (Baoulé) Madeleine Amouin Kouassi, mother of five:
“What he has come to teach us, it reinforces our health. I will take this knowledge back home with me.”
Sylvie now knows she has a date to vaccinate her one- month-old baby girl. With the support of the European Union and UNICEF, the Mononouble clinic is now fully operational and Sylvie and her daughter are off to a healthy start.
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