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STORY: UN / CHOLERA VACCINE AFRICA
TRT: 01:56
SOURCE: UNIFEED / UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 MAY 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
07 MAY 2018, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“More than two million people across Africa are set to receive oral cholera vaccine by mid-June, the largest cholera vaccination drive in history. A spate of recent outbreaks across Africa has prompted the campaigns in Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, South Sudan and Nigeria. The campaigns are being implemented by the respective Ministries of Health supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC). The burden of cholera remains high in African countries, with at least 12 areas or countries reporting active cholera transmission in sub-Saharan Africa as of today. Recent developments in the use of oral cholera vaccines show that the strong mobilisation of countries and partners can effectively tackle the disease when tools for prevention and control are readily available.”
25 JUNE 2015, SOUTH SUDAN
4. Close up, drip
5. Med shot, cholera patient
6. Close up, card registration
7. Various shots, boys and girls receiving cholera vaccine
8. Wide shot, cholera sign post at the protection of civilian sites Juba.
FILE – UNMISS - 22 JULY 2016, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
9. Close up, sign showing pharmacy
10. Wide shot, woman being given medicines
11. Various shots, pharmacist labelling medicines
12. Med shot, woman receiving more medicine
13. Med shot, elderly woman fanning herself while another lying down and child lying down
14. Close up, intravenous drip
15. Close up, woman’s hand with intravenous drip
16. Close up, woman face
The largest cholera vaccination drive in history targeting two million people across Africa is underway, the United Nations announced on Monday, in response to a series of recent deadly outbreaks of the water-borne disease.
The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, told journalist in New York today (7 May) that “more than two million people across Africa are set to receive oral cholera vaccine by mid-June, the largest cholera vaccination drive in history.”
Dujarric said “a spate of recent outbreaks across Africa has prompted the campaigns in Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, South Sudan and Nigeria.” The drive will be completed by mid-June.
The vaccines are funded by the Vaccine Alliance, a public-private partnership known as Gavi, and were sourced from the global stockpile.
Dujarric said, “the burden of cholera remains high in African countries, with at least 12 areas or countries reporting active cholera transmission in sub-Saharan Africa as of today. Recent developments in the use of oral cholera vaccines show that the strong mobilisation of countries and partners can effectively tackle the disease when tools for prevention and control are readily available.”
Since the beginning of this year, WHO has led the way providing technical expertise and guidance, working closely with Health Ministries and other partners in the five target countries to plan and implement the vaccination campaigns. The ambitious effort is part of a global push to reduce cholera deaths by 90 percent by 2030.
