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STORY: HAITI/ HIV
TRT: 1:50
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ CREOLE/ NATS
DATELINE: 24 FEBRUARY 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1. Med shot, woman sweeping outside tent
2. Wide shot, house damaged by earthquake
3. Med shot, woman walks by yellow wall and tent
4. Med shot, group of tents
5. Close up, pile of earthquake rubble
6. SOUNDBITE (Creole), Jeanne, HIV Positive:
"I saw a falling wall coming at me and I tried to protect my stomach because I'm pregnant. A brick hit my shoulder and my finger was crushed. I wrapped my finger in a piece of cloth and wandered the streets. I didn't even know anyone was in the house."
7. Close up, damaged finger
8. Close up, face of woman standing in front of yellow wall
9. Med shot, woman in UNICEF t-shirt talking with HIV-positive woman (with face blurred)
10. Close up, woman takes HIV medication out of bag
11. Med shot, pregnant woman stands by side of road
12. Med shot, group of Haitians ride in back of truck taxi on highway
13. Wide shot, damaged houses on distant hill in Port-au-Prince
14. SOUNDBITE (English), Mimi Tribie, UNICEF HIV/AIDS Specialist:
"We're basically making sure that everything – whatever medication, (midwifery) kits, that these clinics need to continue, with an upscale treatment for women, whether it's HIV/AIDS or basic maternal and child health."
15. Close up, HIV-positive woman, crying
STORY:
Jeanne (not her real name) is HIV positive, six months pregnant and homeless, and trying her best to resume a normal life after the 12 January earthquake that devastated Haiti.
The earthquake destroyed her home and killed the father of her unborn child, and she has no job, which was also a casualty of the quake.
For now, she's living in a cramped tent with 14 other people. It's been seven weeks since the earthquake, but the memory is still alive in her mind.
SOUNDBITE (Creole), Jeanne, HIV Positive:
"I saw a falling wall coming at me and I tried to protect my stomach because I'm pregnant. A brick hit my shoulder and my finger was crushed. I wrapped my finger in a piece of cloth and wandered the streets. I didn't even know anyone was in the house."
Remarkably, her access to antiretroviral medication was only disrupted for one day. UNICEF has been working with partners like GHESKIO, the largest AIDS clinic in Port-au-Prince, to ensure that women have continued access to their medication, as well as access to services that will prevent the transmission of the virus to their unborn children.
Many of the clinics on the ground rely on financial support from UNICEF and another concern is providing uninterrupted service to the mass of HIV-positive people who fled Port-au-Prince after the earthquake.
SOUNDBITE (English), Mimi Tribie, UNICEF HIV/AIDS Specialist:
"We're basically making sure that everything – whatever medication, (midwifery) kits, that these clinics need to continue, with an upscale treatment for women, whether it's HIV/AIDS or basic maternal and child health."
Jeanne knows she has a difficult road ahead. She also knows the importance of staying as healthy as possible, for herself and for her child, a girl who is due in May.
