SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 — STORY: The World Health Organization (WHO) and companions launch emergency vaccination campaign inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to assist incorporate international’s largest measles outbreak. WHO
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1.Wide shot, Masi Manimba village with youngsters playing outdoor a house
2.Wide shot, WHO team of workers and MoH workforce on foot through a village towards vaccination website online
three.SOUNDBITE (English) Helene Chenge, Epidemiologist, WHO:
“Measles is a totally risky sickness. It can kill and additionally has extreme headaches.”
4.Wide shot, community mobilizer the usage of megaphone to name for community to come to the vaccination site.
5.Wide photographs, community queuing for vaccination
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Helene Chenge, Epidemiologist, WHO:
“There are many motives as to why youngsters are not vaccination. Sometimes parents prevent to deliver children to the health center however also every so often the vaccine is not to be had.”
7.Close up, child
6.Wide shot, vaccinators making ready and organizing households
7.Wide shot, vaccinator protecting vaccine and kids getting the measles pictures
eight. SOUNDBITE (English) Helene Chenge, Epidemiologist, WHO:
“All folks medical examiners want to remind parents to take youngsters for vaccination on time. We also need to ensure that the vaccine is to be had.”
nine.Various photographs, health practitioner retaining needle
10. Wide shot, Dr. Helene Chenge briefing vaccinators
STORYLINE:
WHO and companions launched an emergency vaccination marketing campaign within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to help incorporate world’s biggest measles outbreak.
With the world’s biggest and fastest-shifting measles epidemic continuing to make bigger at some point of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Government with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners initiated a third emergency campaign of vaccinations in 24 health zones, targeting almost 825 000 children elderly 6–fifty nine months.
SOUNDBITE (English) Helene Chenge, WHO Epidemiologist:
“Measles is a totally risky ailment. It can kill and also has severe headaches.”
Life-saving vaccines and materials for the campaign have been provided with the aid of WHO, Médecins Sans Frontières, UNICEF and the DRC Government, with US$2.Five million funding from the United Nations Humanitarian Pooled Fund.
As of 17 September, a total of 183,837 suspected measles cases (five 989 confirmed) had been suggested in 192 of the 519 health zones nationwide, consisting of 3 667 deaths – which exceed the quantity of deaths because of Ebola. Nearly all the deaths had been kids.
Every one of the united states of america’s 26 provinces has pronounced instances of measles and is battling to manipulate this outbreak, which the Ministry of Health declared on 10 June.
In the DRC, recurring measles immunization insurance changed into only fifty seven percent in 2018. This nine-day campaign, the 1/3 supported via WHO this yr, will deliver the full wide variety of youngsters aged 6–59 months reached through emergency vaccination campaigns to extra than 4.1 million in at the least 121 of the 192 affected health zones.The 24 health zones focused on this emergency marketing campaign are placed in six provinces: Equateur, Mongala, Kwilu, Kwango, Mai-Ndombe and Kasaï Oriental.
SOUNDBITE (English) Helene Chenge, WHO Epidemiologist:
“There are many motives as to why children are not vaccination. Sometimes dad and mom stop to bring kids to the health center but also once in a while the vaccine isn’t available.”
In addition to this WHO-supported marketing campaign, different partners also are operating with the Government to organize mass vaccination campaigns through 1 October. UNICEF is purchasing and distributing vaccines, and maintaining them safe thru cold chain logistics, in six health zones of Kasai Oriental Province.
Première Urgence Internationale will aid a campaign in 5 health zones in Kasai Central Province. Médecins Sans Frontières is supporting with a marketing campaign in 5 health zones in 5 provinces (Haut-Uélé, Ituri, North Kivu, Tanganyika and Kwilu), whilst Médecins d’Afrique is concentrated on one fitness area in South Kivu Province.
SOUNDBITE (English) Helene Chenge, WHO Epidemiologist:
“All folks medical examiners need to remind parents to take youngsters for vaccination on time. We additionally need to make certain that the vaccine is available.”
Vaccines previously secured for supplemental campaigns planned lengthy ago are actually being rapid-tracked for 22–26 October 2019, November 2019 and January 2020. In addition to the USA$2.Five million from the United Nations Humanitarian Pooled Fund for the emergency campaign, the Ministry of Health has supplied US$843 000 to buy vaccines to cover pressing needs in fitness zones stricken by the continuing outbreak. WHO has additionally mobilized almost (USD) 500,000 from the Contingency Fund for Emergencies.
WHO has mounted a measles reaction advocacy committee to mobilize companions and donors in a joint attempt to control the outbreak.