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STORY: DR CONGO / MEASLES
TRT: 02:28
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: SWAHILI / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 JANUARY 2013, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
1. Wide shot, children waiting to be vaccinated
2. Med shot, children waiting to be vaccinated
3. Close up, nurse prepares a vaccine
4. Wide shot, UNICEF staff on hand overseeing the vaccinations
5. Med shot, a woman registers children
6. Wide shot, children in a classroom waiting to be vaccinated
7. Wide shot, children being vaccinated under tree
8. Med shot, mother and children wait to be vaccinated, then walk towards the vaccination table
9. Med shot, mother and children registering at a set up table
10. Close up, hand holding a ticket
11. Close up, child’s face
12. SOUNDBITE (SWAHILI) Immaculée Ponzone, mother of two:
“I’ve heard on the radio that parents must take their children to vaccination against measles. As I don’t want my children to be ill, I’ve brought them”
13. Med shot, woman cooking
14. Wide shot, woman cooking
15. SOUNDBITE (SWAHILI) Immaculée Ponzone, mother of two:
“I always take my children to vaccination, and I feed them well to keep them healthy.”
16. Med shot, people inside car
17. Wide shot, two men walking among children
18. Med shot, nurse vaccinates a child
19. Med shot, man talks to children
20. Wide shot, man walks and talks into a megaphone
21. Med shot, women in white lab coats setting up on a table
22. Med shot, women in white lab coats vaccinating children
23. SOUNDBITE (FRENCH) Josias Kasereka Songya, Head of Karisimbi health district:
“The displaced persons are more vulnerable to measles because they live in precarious socio-economic conditions, and they don’t always have access to healthy food. They also stay in over-crowded internally displaced persons sites, which allows measles to spread.”
24. Med shot, woman cooks
25. Med shot, children stand outside the house
26. Med shot, child being vaccinated
27. SOUNDBITE (SWAHILI) Immaculée Ponzone, mother of two:
“I’m very happy you’ve brought the vaccination to protect our children. They won’t catch the disease as you’ve shown us how to protect them. We would like you to help us raise our children as we are vulnerable.”
28. Close up, arm receiving vaccine
29. Med shot, woman opens container-shaped fridge
30. Close up, woman opens box
31. Med shot, woman and two children waiting
32. Close up, arm receiving vaccine
33. Med shot, children waiting to be vaccinated
The DRC steps up effort to curb measles outbreak in the east.
At the Karisimbi Health Centre in north Kivu, children line up to be vaccinated against measles.
The five day campaign aims to reach more than 1.1 million children, aged between 6 months and 15 years old.
Vaccination points are set up in public places such as schools or under trees. .
21-year old Immaculée has brought her two children.
She is registered, and with ticket in hand, waits for her turn.
SOUNDBITE (SWAHILI) Immaculée Ponzone, mother of two:
“I’ve heard on the radio that parents must take their children to vaccination against measles. As I don’t want my children to be ill, I’ve brought them”
The young mother struggles to give healthy food to her two boys, as she knows malnourished children are more prone to contract diseases.
SOUNDBITE (SWAHILI) Immaculée Ponzone, mother of two:
“I always take my children to vaccination, and I feed them well to keep them healthy.”
Dr. Songya, of the Ministry of Public Health, goes from site to site to make sure children are vaccinated properly.
The vaccination drive is coordinated by the Ministry of Public health, UNICEF, and its partner Merlin.
Social workers go from house to house, to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated.
SOUNDBITE (FRENCH) Josias Kasereka Songya, Head of Karisimbi health district:
“The displaced persons are more vulnerable to measles because they live in precarious socio-economic conditions, and they don’t always have access to healthy food. They also stay in over-crowded internally displaced persons sites, which allows measles to spread.”
Immaculee has high hopes for the future of her children. She wants them to remain healthy.
SOUNDBITE (SWAHILI) Immaculée Ponzone, mother of two:
“I’m very happy you’ve brought the vaccination to protect our children. They won’t catch the disease as you’ve shown us how to protect them. We would like you to help us raise our children as we are vulnerable.”
In 2012, over 73, 000 measles cases were reported across the country, and more than 2,000 children died.
UNICEF is appealing for US$134 million in 2013 to meet the humanitarian needs of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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