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STORY: SOMALIA / COVAX OXYGEN EQUIPMENT
TRT: 3:29
SOURCE: UNSOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 29 MARCH 2021, DHUSAMAREB SOMALIA
1.Wide shot, UN and Somali government delegation disembarks from the plane
2.Various shots, delegation welcomed by local authorities on tramac
3.Various shots, handver ceremony
4.SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator:
“Oxygen is a smart investment and is essential for saving lives for all emergency medical conditions and the right investment now will help in the future not only for COVID-19 treatment but also all the diseases that warrants supplemental oxygenation therapy, such as pneumonia.”
5.Various shots, meeting
6.SOUNDBITE (English) dr. Abdi Abdulle Hirsi, Director of Hanano Hospital
“What the UN has put here [is] not only oxygen concentrators but also energy. This is 24 hours’ service for the mothers and children coming to this hospital, and this is a moment we are acknowledging and appreciating.”
7.Wide shot, delegation entering the facilities at Hanano Hospital
8.Wide shot, Abdelmoula, and others interacting with a health worker in a children ward
9.Close up, baby lying on bed
10.Med shot, baby lying on bed with an oxygen mask
11.Wide shot, baby lying on bed with an oxygen mask and WHO oxygen machine by the bed
12.Wide shot, delegation walking through hospital
13.Wide shot, The Galmudug State's Vice President, Ali Dahir Eid, having his temperature checked at the Hanano Hospital COVID-19 vaccination site
14.Med shot, health worker writing
15.Various shots, Galmudug State's Vice President, Ali Dahir Eid, receiving COVID-19 vaccine
16.Med shot, Eid, flanked by the Galmudug State's Minister of Health, Dr. Abdiwali Abdullah Jama, displaying the COVID-19 vaccination card
17.Pan left, delegation walking though hospital grounds
18.Various shots, meeting of delegations at the Galmudug Health ministry offices
19.Wide shot, Abdelmoula, and the WHO Representative in Somalia, Dr. Mamunur Rahman Malik, cutting the tape during a ceremony to hand over solar-powered oxygen stations and ventilator units to Hanano Hospital
20.Wide shot, Abdelmoula, Malik, and officials from the Galmudug Statedisplay the handover documents of the solar-powered oxygen plants
United Nations representatives handed over three solar-powered oxygen plants to Somalia’s Galmudug State authorities and witnessed the start of COVAX vaccination campaign in Galmudug.
The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative for Somalia, Dr. Mamunur Malik, visited Monday (29 Mar) the Hanano Hospital in Dhusamareb, Galmudug State of Somalia, to officially hand over three solar-powered oxygen plants to the Galmudug Ministry of Health.
Like most of Somalia, Galmudug - home to nearly 1.5 million people - struggles for resources when it comes to healthcare. According to authorities, only 38 per cent of the population have access to healthcare in the entire Federal Member State.
“Oxygen is a smart investment and is essential for saving lives for all emergency medical conditions,” said Abdelmoula during the handover ceremony. “The right investment now will help in the future not only for COVID-19 treatment but also all the diseases that warrants for supplemental oxygenation therapy, such as pneumonia,” he added.
The handover of the solar powered oxygen plants is an invaluable investment in the health of the Galmudug population. There is global evidence that solar-powered oxygen can reduce child deaths among pediatric admissions in general hospitals and child deaths from pneumonia. Such systems can also be substantially cheaper than standard oxygen cylinders in the longer run. In a country like Somalia, where infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world, such systems that can supply oxygen without a power grid are indispensable.
Dr. Abdi Abdulle Hirsi, Director of Hanano Hospital is no stranger to challenges.
“I laid the first stone when this hospital was being built, and I’m very proud of the success it has achieved over the years,” Dr. Abdi said.
In the maternal ward, several beds with colorful sheets contained mothers to be and babies who had just been born. A tiny infant, just days old, was receiving life-saving support through the oxygen mask that had been adjusted to fit his small face.
“We have women who come to our hospital from as far as 100 kilometres away, with no means of transport,” he added.
The Hanano Hospital sits in Dhusamareb town, an area interspersed with swaths of desert land, savanna trees and colossal ant hills. The medical staff at Hanano Hospital are committed to finding innovative approaches and provide quality healthcare services to people in Galmudug State.
The United Nations in Somalia will continue to work with partners to replicate this project, which has a lives-saving impact, to other locations in Galmudug and the rest of Somalia.
