CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / MEASLES

An emergency vaccination campaign to reach over 210,000 children displaced by violence in Bangui, the capitol of the Central African Republic is underway at major displacement sites in the city. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:22
• Production Date: 10 January 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVENTION; DISPLACED PERSONS; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: U140110b

Description

STORY: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / MEASLES
TRT: 1:22
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 8 JANUARY 2014, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Shotlist

1. Med shot, girl behind fence
2. Wide shot, people standing by tents, old airplane in the background
3. Wide shot, people in and around a makeshift tent
4. Med shot, boy stands by his mother as she dusts yellow cloth
5. Med shot, boy standing with orange cup in hand
6. Wide shot, pan left to right, people displaced by conflict
7. Wide shot, tilt up, people with their belongings on the ground
8. Med shot, boy standing behind gate
9. Med shot, people displaced by violence, sitting around
10. Various shots, Red Cross workers vaccinating children
11. Med shot, health worker screens Yafara’s daughter for malnutrition
12. Med shot, 19 year old Yafara speaks to camera
13. Close up, doctor gives pills to Yafara for her daughter, and explains the dosage
14. Wide shot, internally displaced people at the Bangui airport
15. Wide shot, families displaced by violence

Storyline

An emergency vaccination campaign to reach over 210,000 children displaced by violence in Bangui, the capitol of the Central African Republic is underway at major displacement sites in the city.

At least seven cases of measles have been confirmed, three of them at a site of Bangui airport sheltering about 100,000 people that fled the violence.

According to UNICEF officials, severely overcrowded camps, low immunity and poor
water and sanitation infrastructure created a favourable environment for a potentially deadly outbreak of disease.

The integrated vaccination campaign includes immunization against measles and polio, with the addition of vitamin A supplementation, deworming medication, and screening for malnutrition.

Up to two-thirds of Bangui’s residents have been displaced by violence since early December. Over 935,000 have been displaced across the country over the past year.

They seek shelter in a variety of locations which are not formal settlements and are often called displacement sites.

UNICEF is providing most of the vaccines, injection material, operational costs, and monitoring. Campaign partners include the ICRC, the World Health Organization, Doctors without Borders (MSF), the CAR Red Cross, Merlin/Save the Children, International Medical Corps and Médecins du Monde.