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ANGOLA / POLIO CAMPAIGN
STORY: ANGOLA / POLIO CAMPAIGN
TRT: 1:28
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / PORTUGESE / NATS
DATELINE: 28 OCTOBER 2010, LUANDA, ANGOLA
1. Close up, child at clinic reaching for camera
2. Close up, vaccines in cooler bag
3. Med shot, doctor greeting patients at vaccine clinic
4. Wide shot, doctor administers drops to baby
5. Med shot, children playing outside home of Gabriel Nzongo
6. Close up, Gabriel Nzongo holding his two daughters
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Gabriel Nzongo, Father:
“It was something unexpected. The twin girls were starting to crawl, when their mother noticed that there was something wrong with her leg.”
8. Med shot, Gabriel Nzongo holding his twin daughters
9. Wide shot, child standing in bucket, running water pump in foreground
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Gabriel Nzongo, Father:
“The plans we had for the family went out of the window because we had to spend every last penny. Everything was spent. It was hard because my wife spent all day there, and I went to work. In the evening I came home to cook dinner and went back to the hospital to sleep there.”
11. Wide shot, UNICEF truck
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Koen Vanormelingen, Angola Representative, UNICEF:
“So the idea is that this year we really interrupt it in the whole world, at the same time, and we keep it under pressure for three years in the whole world and then we can consider it eradicated the same as was done for smallpox.”
13. Med shot, Nzongo twins on floor outside home
14. Close up, child receiving oral polio vaccination
Africa is currently seizing an unprecedented chance to drive out polio from 15 countries through an immunization campaign reaching 72 million children. 290,000 vaccinators are going door-to-door to deliver polio vaccine to every child under five in areas at highest risk of polio transmission.
Angola, like many countries in the world, had almost eradicated the crippling disease but a recent outbreak caused 25 new infections.
Gabriel Nzongo’s young daughter was one of its victims.
SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Gabriel Nzongo, Father:
“It was something unexpected. The twin girls were starting to crawl, when their mother noticed that there was something wrong with her leg.”
The consequence is enormous. Not only will she never walk properly but the family is learning to deal with their new situation.
SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Gabriel Nzongo, Father:
“The plans we had for the family went out of the window because we had to spend every last penny. Everything was spent. It was hard because my wife spent all day there, and I went to work. In the evening I came home to cook dinner and went back to the hospital to sleep there.”
Polio is highly contagious and can quickly move across borders but can easily be prevented with an oral vaccine that is simple to administer.
The Angolan Government along with its partners have mobilized health workers around the country to ensure that all children are vaccinated. It is a huge challenge, especially in the capital’s slums.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Koen Vanormelingen, Angola Representative, UNICEF:
“So the idea is that this year we really interrupt it in the whole world, at the same time, and we keep it under pressure for three years in the whole world and then we can consider it eradicated the same as was done for smallpox.”
The Angolan vaccination drive is part of a global effort to finally eradicate the disease once and for all.
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