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SOMALIA / CHOLERA
STORY: SOMALIA / CHOLERA
TRT: 2.23
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 17 SEPTEMBER 2011, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
1. Close up, child in mother’s lap
2. Wide shot, mother with child in her lap at the Benadir Hospital in Mogadishu
3. Wide shot, mothers and children in the Benadir Hospital in Mogadishu
4. Close shot, baby crying
5. Wide shot, people waiting at a community health center in Mogadishu
6. Med shot, parents with children at the community health center in Mogadishu
7. Med shot, mother watches her child suffering from cholera, drink water
8. Close shot, child sleeping
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. P. Pk. Burdhan, Team Leader, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh:
“What was felt by all of us, including the community leader, was that the people, in particular the health care providers, and health care workers of all levels – they need training – they need training, on how to use ORS, what other things to do if they have diarrhoea, or if they have malnutrition, overall health and sanitation situation.”
10. Wide shot, training session on the treatment of diarrhoeal diseases in session
11. Close up, Burdhan writing on the blackboard
12. Wide shot, nurses attending training session, sitting on chairs in the classroom
13. Med shot, sign board reading “Diarrhea/ Cholera Case Management”
14. Close up, nurse listening to the lecture
15. Wide shot, nurse walks to the front of the room
16. Med shot, nurse and Dr. P. Pk. Burdhan demonstrate treating methods
17. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Hanad Abdi Gariae, participant:
“Even though we had received medical training, this kind of training is a model. It’s a model whereby you are taught how to do things step by step. Do this first, then this. And now when we go back to where we can from, it’s our responsibility to train others. If I reach 10 people, and 1 of them reaches 5 people, and if we train others the way were are taught, this can only benefit the Somali people in general.”
18. Tilt down, from drip to mother and child at a hospital bed
19. Close up, child laying on a hospital bed
Since January more than 6,00 cases of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea were reported in Benadir Hospital in the city. Over 1,00 of these were in the month of August alone.
Cholera and acute watery diarrhoea are caused by poor sanitation and contaminated water. The victim is left weak and de-hydrated. It’s a treatable disease, but the lack of infrastructure has left many facing death.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. P. Pk. Burdhan, Team Leader, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh:
“What was felt by all of us, including the community leader, was that the people, in particular the health care providers, and health care workers of all levels – they need training – they need training, on how to use ORS, what other things to do if they have diarrhea, or if they have malnutrition, overall health and sanitation situation.”
In a small classroom in the city, Dr. Burdhan and his team give a lecture to twenty qualified Somali nurses. These experts were brought to Mogadishu by UNICEF to teach the best methods of treating diarrheal diseases – these nurses will then in turn teach other health workers.
In a country faced with mass movements of populations, risk of disease is exponential, and training health workers is imperative.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Hanad Abdi Gariae, participant:
“Even though we had received medical training, this kind of training is a model. It’s a model whereby you are taught how to do things step by step. Do this first, then this. And now when we go back to where we can from, it’s our responsibility to train others. If I reach ten people, and 1 of them reaches five people, and if we train others the way were are taught, this can only benefit the Somali people in general.”
And with the October rains, cholera and acute watery diarrhea could reach epidemic proportions.
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