Media Home
UN Web TV
UN Audiovisual Library
UN PhotoZIMBABWE / HEALTH SERVICES
Download
There is no media available to download.
Share
STORY: ZIMBABWE / HEALTH SERVICES
SOURCE: UNICEF
TRT: 3:02
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SHONA / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 8-10 JUNE 2009 MASVINGO, HARARE, ZIMBABWE
MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE
1.Zoom out, children and mothers waiting to receive immunization
2.Med shot, pan right, children and mothers waiting outside a local clinic
3.Wide shot, women and children waiting under the trees
4.Med shot, women and children waiting in queue
5.Med shot, women and children waiting outside a local clinic
6.Close up, child health card
7.Med shot, mothers and children waiting in line
8.Close up, a baby receiving polio vaccine drops
9.Close up, a baby receiving measles vaccine
10.Med shot, a vaccinator giving vitamin A to a child
11.Wide shot, mothers and children walking to mobile outreach point
12.Med shot, mothers and children waiting in line
13.Med shot, mothers and children waiting next to the vaccinator’s van
14.Close up, a baby receiving polio vaccine
15.Close up, a baby receiving measles vaccine
16.Med shot, a vaccinator giving vitamin A to a child
17.Med shot, mothers and children next to the van
18.Close up, a child receiving measles vaccine
19.Close up, a child receiving polio vaccine
20.Med shot, a girl receiving vitamin A
21.SOUNDBITE (English), Sally Mwamuka, Nursing Sister (Immunization): “We cannot do it all ourselves, alone or ourselves. Neither the city of Harare could do it on its own. Neither the ministry could do it on its own. We need partners; partners like UNICEF, WHO, the International Culture of Red Cross, the Helen Keller and other partners who are interested in the welfare and health of the children.”
HARARE, ZIMBABWE
22.Med shot, mothers and children waiting in queue in a clinic
23.Med shot, mothers and children waiting in queue
24.Wide shot, seated mothers and children waiting
25.Med shot, mothers and children
26.SOUNDBITE (Shona), Farisai Matavire, Mother:
“I was informed by the lady next door about this immunization campaign, so I have come with my child to have her immunized against polio. I am very happy because it did not take too long for me to be served.”
27.Med shot, vaccinators preparing for vaccines
28.Med shot, vaccinators preparing
29.Med shot, a girl receiving her vaccination shot
30.Med shot, pan left, children receiving polio vaccines
31.Med shot, mothers and children waiting for their turn in a local clinic
32.Close up, a baby
UNICEF and its partners recently supported a successful round of child health days in the Masvingo district in Zimbabwe, a positive sign for the country’s health sector which was once on the brink of collapse.
The child health days, the first in over a year, recorded a huge turnout. Social mobilization was effective, evidenced by the long queues in most communities; nurses and doctors who had stopped reporting for duty were out in full force, clinics and outreach points were fully stocked with vaccines, and Zimbabwe’s mothers had a reason to smile again.
UNICEF was supported to carry out the health days by the UK’s Department International Development (DFID), the Japanese Government, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Centre for Diseases Control, and the UNICEF UK and Dutch National Committees. The days are hosted in partnership with the Helen Keller Foundation. UNICEF invested almost US$3 million on vaccines, logistics, staff time and social mobilization.
The effort invested in this national drive is not in vain. On the back of the health campaigns, immunization coverage for children under five in Zimbabwe has increased from below 50 percent to more than 70 percent for all childhood vaccinations. Vitamin A supplementation has increased from below 20 percent to more than 80 percent.
