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SOMALIA / IMMUNIZATION
STORY: SOMALIA / IMMUNIZATION
TRT: 2.10
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 24 APRIL 2013, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
1. Various, baby Ahmed receiving vaccination
2. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Amina Haden, Mother:
“I brought my son here to be immunized. I was told that immunization prevents diseases. In the past four of my older children contracted measles because they were not immunized, but today I brought my youngest child to prevent him from from getting sick.”
3. Various, vaccination launch
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Marthe Everard, WHO Representative in Somalia:
“The launch of the pentavalent vaccine, which is a very important for children of Somalia because it has introduction of the two new antigens especially for meningitis and for hepatitis B. These are two diseases that are still that have a lot of impact on young children and we hope that this vaccine can prevent children under the age of five who die of this kind of diseases that are now easily preventable by vaccines”
5. Various, girl receiving vaccination
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sikander Khan, UNICEF Somalia Representative:
“I sincerely believe that we will make that difference and we will shift the paradigm that has been in existence in this country for children for the past 20 or so years.”
7. Med shot, woman filling up a vaccine
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Cronin, Senior Programme Manager, GAVI Alliance
“There were 171,000 children under five years of age who died in Somalia last year, clearly we want to make an impact in reduction to that number in 2014.”
9. Various, children with their mothers waiting for vaccination
Abdul Wahab is only six months old. So he doesn’t know that he’s just made history in Somalia.
He’s one of the first children here to get the new pentavalent vaccine which protects him against five deadly diseases.
His mother brought him to a health clinic in Mogadishu. And a few seconds is all it takes.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Amina Haden, Mother:
“I brought my son here to be immunized. I was told that immunization prevents diseases. In the past four of my older children contracted measles because they were not immunized, but today I brought my youngest child to prevent him from from getting sick.”
The new vaccine was launched in Somalia by UNICEF and its partners, the GAVI Alliance and the World Health Organization.
It protects against Hepatitis B, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and the influenza which can cause meningitis.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Marthe Everard, WHO Representative in Somalia
“The launch of the pentavalent vaccine, which is a very important for children of Somalia because it has introduction of the two new antigens especially for meningitis and for hepatitis B.”
Somalia has one of the world’s highest infant mortality rates. This groundbreaking new vaccine will break the cycle of unnecessary deaths.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sikander Khan, UNICEF Somalia Representative:
“I sincerely believe that we will make that difference and we will shift the paradigm that has been in existence in this country for children for the past 20 or so years.”
The vaccine is funded by the GAVI alliance which wants to ensure that it reaches all Somali children.
SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Cronin, Senior Programme Manager, GAVI Alliance
“There were 171,000 children under five years of age who died in Somalia last year, clearly we want to make an impact in reduction to that number in 2014.”
More than 1.3 million vaccines have been provided for this year and each child will need three doses before their first birthday. It’s a campaign that marks the beginning of a better life for Somali children.
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