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STORY: UGANDA / FAMILY HEALTH
TRT: 1:54
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / RUTORO / NATS
DATELINE: FEBRUARY 26, 2013, Uganda
1. Close up, Imam calling for prayer
2. Wide shot, Imam calling for prayer in front of his mosque
3. Wide shot, Family Health Day banner, church in background, bicycles passing
4. Wide shot, church choir
5. Wide shot, Imam preaching to crowded room
6. Wide shot, Muslims leaving mosque carrying their shoes
7. Close up, boys tying their shoes outside of mosque
8. Med shot, nurse immunizing boy in front of village mosque
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Richard Mugahi, District Health Officer, Kabarole:
“It is important to hold Family Health Days in places of worship. One, because the churches have proved over time to be the best mobilisers at the places of worship. People believe in their religious leaders so much. And there are people we have been missing in the routine immunization. People are too busy, but at times of worship are given as free days and after worshipping they don’t do any other activity.”
10. Wide shot, Imam preaching
11. Med shot, Muslims seated and listening
12. Med shot, Muslim boys praying
13. Wide shot, village church
14. Med shot, traditional instruments played in church
15. Wide shot, nurse taking blood pressure outside of church
16. Wide shot, Family Health Day activity under a mango tree
17. Wide shot, birth registration activity in the bush
18. Med shot, nurse giving out malaria pills to Muslim woman
19. Med shot, baby being weighed in a sling scale
20. Wide shot, Christian crowd waiting for health services outside church
21. Wide shot, Muslim men lining up in front of blood pressure desk
22. Med shot, Muslim girls taking de-worming tablets
23. Med shot, Christian adults getting their blood pressure taken
24. Close up, birth registration form
25. Med shot, mother holding baby being immunized.
26. SOUNDBITE (Rutoro) Priscilla Tusima, beneficiary, mother from Fort Portal:
“I heard on the radio that there are Family Health Days. These are services offered in the mosque and churches. That is why I decided to come to bring my children, since the service is for free."
27. Wide shot, woman standing on a scale
28. Wide shot, nurse giving out a mosquito net to pregnant woman
29. Close up, youth lining up
30. Med shot, young man sitting down for counselling
31. Pan right, Family Health Day banner
32. Wide shot, crowd waiting for health service
33. Med shot, nurse counselling a family
34. Wide shot, mother walking her toddlers towards health services
35. Close up, child on mothers arm
In partnership with the Government of Uganda and Faith Based Organizations, UNICEF has introduced Family Health Days in places of worship.
Encouraged by religious leaders, worshippers take their families to get life saving health interventions, normally unavailable to them.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Richard Mugahi, District Health Officer, Kabarole:
“It is important to hold Family Health Days in places of worship. One, because the churches have proved over time to be the best mobilisers at the places of worship. People believe in their religious leaders so much. And there are people we have been missing in the routine immunization. People are too busy, but at times of worship are given as free days and after worshipping they don’t do any other activity.”
By reaching out to the most remote communities of the country, families who otherwise walk long distances to health centers, now have access to fundamental health services.
The free health package not only targets children, but whole communities. Services offered include de-worming tablets, blood pressure checks, birth registration and immunizations.
SOUNDBITE (Rutoro) Priscilla Tusima, beneficiary, mother from Fort Portal:
“I heard on the radio that there are Family Health Days. These are services offered in the mosque and churches. That is why I decided to come to bring my children, since the service is for free."
Families are also educated on the importance of good nutrition and sleeping under a mosquito net, and youth receive counseling on healthy practices.
Breaking down the barriers, Family Health Days are reaching the poorest and most vulnerable communities in Uganda.
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