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STORY: CHAD / REFUGEE HEALTH
TRT: 2.39
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: FEBRUARY 2013, BEUREUH, SOUTH OF CHAD
1. Various, village outside with people walking around
2. Wide shot, woman standing by camp
3. Med shot, woman and children sleeping in tent
4. Various, UN truck driving into Beureuh village
5. Wide shot, people outside, under tree
6. Various, people outside clinic
7. Wide shot, people on beds in the clinic
8. Wide shot, doctor examining patient
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Pascale Andre, Medical Center of Beureuh:
“The medical center of Beureuh was built outside of the camps so that the local population living near the camps and hosting the refugees could also access medical
care. This encourages cohabitation.”
10. Wide shot, doctor speaking to patient
11. Wide shot, doctor examining child patient
12. Wide shot, doctor examining child patient
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Djormare Kende, refugee from Central African Republic:
“I was so worried I would not get medicine. I was afraid all night my baby would die.”
14. Wide shot, woman getting medicine through medicine window of clinic
15. Med shot, woman sitting on floor with children in clinic
16. Wide shot, woman getting medicine through medicine window of clinic
17. Med shot, woman and child in waiting area
18. Wide shot, man holding baby
19. Wide shot, woman and child in waiting area and registering
20. Wide shot, baby being weighed
21. Wide shot, man weighing baby
22. Med shot, medicine going through window
23. Wide shot, women by exam table
24. Wide shot, woman being examined for blood pressure
25. Wide shot. patient on bed being examined
26. SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Pascale Andre, Medical Center of Beureuh:
“Now with the support of the European Union, we have a team in the hospital as well as a research laboratory, and we formed a group of volunteers who help by providing blood when emergencies arise.”
27. Wide shot, women waiting by exam desk
28. Med shot, clinic staff at desk writing and patient waiting
29. Wide shot, man with cow, outside
30. Various, cows gathering
31. SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Pascale Andre, Medical Center of Beureuh:
“The priority for the UN Refugee Agency and the European Union is to increase health access for the majority of the population but also to improve the quality of care so it will have an impact on the reduction of the mortality and the morbidity rate for patients.”
32. Med shot, medicine being sorted
33. Med shot, child sleeping
34. Med shot, mothers and baby on bed laying down
35. Wide shot, mothers sitting down in waiting area with children
In the south of Chad, thousands of refugees have settled in the province of Nya Pende.
Many fled war in the neighboring country of the Central African Republic
They depend on humanitarian aide for security, shelter AND healthcare.
This subsidized health clinic in the village of Beureh was built between two refugee camps with funding from the European Union.
Refugees from Camp Amboko and Camp Gondje, as well as local Chadian who live in the area, all have access to its medical services.
SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Pascale Andre, Medical Center of Beureuh:
“The medical center of Beureuh was built outside of the camps so that the local population living near the camps and hosting the refugees could also access medical
care. This encourages cohabitation.”
Djormare Kende’s baby suffered a fever in the night. Malaria is the number one health threat in the refugee camps.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Djormare Kende, refugee from Central African Republic:
“I was so worried I would not get medicine. I was afraid all night my baby would die.”
Four days of antibiotics are prescribed for her son. Under the EU funded integration health program, refugees help pay for the medicine to encourage self-sufficiency.
Malnutrition, respiratory and gastro infections plague the innocent. The health program sends field doctors into communities to spot cases. Sick children are referred to this clinic.
Babies are checked, diagnosed and given treatment.
Pregnant woman are monitored to avoid difficult childbirths. One woman died at the clinic for lack of blood. Now, a blood donor’s bank exists.
SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Pascale Andre, Medical Center of Beureuh:
“Now with the support of the European Union, we have a team in the hospital as well as a research laboratory, and we formed a group of volunteers who help by providing blood when emergencies arise.”
Health prevention is a priority under the EU funded health program.
Even the animals in the region are vaccinated to prevent disease that could spread.
SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Pascale Andre, Medical Center of Beureuh:
“The priority for the UN Refugee Agency and the European Union is to increase health access for the majority of the population but also to improve the quality of care so it will have an impact on the reduction of the mortality and the morbidity rate for patients.
