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STORY: YEMEN / CHILDREN DIARRHEA
TRT: 01:50
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 13 - 20 MAY 2017, SANA’A, YEMEN
13 - 20 MAY 2017, SANA’A, YEMEN
1. Wide shot, people line up outside Sab’en Hospital
2. Wide shot, hallway inside hospital filled with doctors and patients
3. Wide shot, patients on floor of hallway inside hospital
4. Med shot, girl sitting on chair
5. Close up, girl’s hands
6. Various shots, girl waiting for treatment
7. Med shot, mother cradles her child
8. Wide shot, doctor treating child
9. Wide shots, UNICEF staff and doctors tend to children in hallway
10. Med shots, children waiting for treatment
11. Wide shot, mother and two children in a hospital bed
12. Wide shots, patients in beds inside Azaal Health Centre
13. Wide shot, UNICEF staff speaking to health workers
14. Various shots, water truck being filled
15. Med shot, boy fills containers with water
16. Wide shots, children stand by cart with water containers
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today (31 May) the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has risen by 10,000 in the past 72 hours to a total of 65,300.
UNICEF said at least 532 people have been claimed by cholera in just one month, including 109 children, and expected that actual figures to be much higher. The Fund said two thirds of Yemen’s population have no access to safe drinking water as sewage and uncollected garbage is gathering in residential areas and contaminating water sources. It said water treatment plants in the country were barely functional and half of the country’s health facilities aren’t working while medical staff haven’t been paid for over eight months. UNICEF stressed that Yemen’s weakened health system is completely overwhelmed by the scale of the cholera emergency.
UNICEF is working with its partners by supporting oral rehydration centres and diarrhea treatment centres, as well as by providing chlorinated drinking water and disinfecting wells and water reservoirs. It has sent in three planes carrying more than 40 tonnes of supplies to respond to the outbreak, including medicine and IV fluids to treat more than 50,000 people, but said needs continue to grow.
