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STORY: SOMALIA / MEASLES
TRT: 2:30
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 28-29 AUGUST 2011, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
1. Various shots, Sayidka IDP camp
2. Close up, mother and child in tent
3. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Furiyayi, Mother of Child with Measles:
“He doesn’t sleep, he vomits the whole night and suffers from diarrhoea.”
4. Various shots, sick child
5. Various shots, vaccination teams
6. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mohamed Shire, World Health Organization:
“When the person becomes malnourished, his immunity drops, so he is prone to everything. For example, when the child cannot get the basic necessities, his body will utilize all the nutrients that were stored in the body, and that will lead to a reduction in immunity. If the child is already malnourished, he can easily be infected by measles.”
7. Various shots, health workers
8. Med shot, truck with machine gun in back
9. Wide shot, following AMISOM tanks down Mogadishu road
10. Wide shot, Mogadishu street scene
11. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Dr. Yasin Mohamud Nur, World Health Programme and UNICEF Partner:
“This is an emergency measles vaccination campaign we are carrying out in response to the big influx of IDPs into Mogadishu. But we still have the obstacle of insecurity, because when you are doing a campaign like this you need full access to get to everyone. What about the ones who only arrive after we leave?”
12. Med shot, health worker in camp surrounded by people
13. Close up, filling syringe
14. Close up, administering vaccine to small child who covers her mouth and cries
Conflict, drought and the worst famine in history have sent hundreds of thousands of displaced persons (IDPs) into camps on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Here, crowded conditions make an easy home for communicable diseases.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Furiyayi, Mother:
“He doesn’t sleep, he vomits the whole night and suffers from diarrhoea.”
Furiyayi’s son is suffering from measles, a virus that is spread through sneezing and coughing. In the first half of 2011, 9,000 suspected cases were reported.
UNICEF, the World Health Programme and partners are conducting an emergency vaccination campaign to try and stop the spread of this deadly disease which is often compounded by malnutrition.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mohamed Shire, World Health Organization:
“When the person becomes malnourished his immunity drops so he is prone to everything. For example, when the child cannot get the basic necessities his body will utilize all the nutrients that were stored in the body and that will lead to a reduction in immunity. If the child is already malnourished he can easily be infected by measles.”
The vaccination campaign has been held in all of the IDPs camps in Mogadishu, with a goal of reaching over 700,000 children. And a plan is in place to vaccinate all children in south-central Somalia where the famine is at its peak.
Measles vaccinations are complemented with the Oral Polio Vaccine, deworming medication and vitamin A for all children aged six months to 15 years.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Dr. Yasin Mohamud Nur, World Health Programme and UNICEF Partner:
“This is an emergency measles vaccination campaign we are carrying out in response to the big influx of IDPs into Mogadishu. But we still have the obstacle of insecurity, because when you are doing a campaign like this you need full access to get to everyone. What about the ones who only arrive after we leave?”
With insecurity still a problem in much of the country, in particular in south-central, health workers worry about being able to reach everyone.
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