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STORY: RWANDA / VENEMAN / PIOT
TRT: 1.40
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CH 1 ENGLISH NARR: SARAH CROWE
CH 2 NATS
DATELINE: 13 FEBRUARY 2006, KACYIRU & KIGALI, RWANDA
1. Wide shot, Ann M.Veneman walking towards clinic with doctors
2. Med shot pan left from Ann M.Veneman and doctors in clinic to woman and children on bed 3. Close Up, doctor demonstration
4. Wide shot, doctor demonstration
5. Wide shot, tent at PMTCT clinic
6. Med shot, First lady
7. Close Up, boy at pipe
8. Wide shot, opening center
9. Wide Shot, in center
10. Med shot, in center
11. Close Up, weave basket
12. Med shot, weave basket
13. Wide shot, press conference
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director Unicef:
"I particularly want to commend the leadership of the president and the first lady. We have worked closely with the first lady on her initiative, treat every child as your own it is critical as we move forward as we are trying to do in this campaign that the child is the missing face of the pandemic."
15. Med shot, notebook over a reporters shoulder at press conference
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Peter Piot, Director, UNAIDS
"Our assessment is that Rwanda is moving into the next phase in the fight against AIDS. Why am I saying the next phase, the first phase after breaking the silence around AIDS has been to set up the programmes to roll them out. But now the key is for those people who are benefiting from treatment will benefit from that in the next twenty to thirty years."
17. Close Up, AIDS sign on taxi bike
18. Wide shot, taxi bikes
19. Wide shot, Kigali
20. Close Up, Kigali AIDS billboard sign
It's interventions like this that have earned Rwanda the admiration of the UN and donors. More than half of the country's health facilities now offer treatment to ensure that babies are not born with the HIV virus, even if their mothers are positive.
Strong leadership from government and Rwanda's first lady have meant that more centers are being opened. In just one year, double the number of people are on antiretrovirals, ARVs.
The countries HIV rate has stabilized at 3 percent, making Rwanda something of a model for other countries.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director Unicef
"I particularly want to commend the leadership of the president and the first lady. We have worked closely with the first lady on her initiative, treat every child as your own it is critical as we move forward as we are trying to do in this campaign that the child is the missing face of the pandemic."
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Peter Piot, UN AIDS
"Our assessment is that Rwanda is moving into the next phase in the fight against AIDS. Why am I saying the next phase, the first phase after breaking the silence around AIDS has been to set up the programmes to roll them out. But now the key is for those people who are benefiting from treatment will benefit from that in the next twenty to thirty years."
With new long term commitments from donors now in place, Rwanda is driving ahead to ensure HIV/AIDS is part of a better health deal for all its people. This is Sarah Crowe in Rwanda for Unicef. For every child, advance humanity.
