16 Dec 2011

SOMALIA / STAMP OUT CHOLERA

Somali soccer players kicked off the 'Stamp out cholera' campaign today with a match between the Somali national team the Ocean Stars and Heegan FC at the University Football stadium in Mogadishu. The campaign aims at raising awareness on cholera and acute watery diarrhea among the Somali population. WHO

Posted at: December 16, 2011 5:54 pm

Duration: 01:30

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STORY: SOMALIA / STAMP OUT CHOLERA 
TRT: 1.30
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SOMALI / NATS

DATELINE: RECENT, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOTLIST:

1.	Close up, players feet around the ball
2.	Tilt down, Mahad Mohamud Ahmed playing with the ball
3.	SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mahad Mohamud Ahmed, Captain Heegan Football Club:
"This will be a fair play match and everyone should come and watch the game on 16th December, 2011."
4.	Close up, player putting on shoes
5.	Various shots, team practice
6.	SOUNDBITE (Somali) Yassin Ali Egal, Defender Somali National Team:
"Sport brings people together. This match will raise awareness on cholera."
7.	Wide shot, players passing the ball around

STORYLINE:

Somali soccer players kicked off the 'Stamp Out Cholera' campaign today with a match between the Somali national team, the Ocean Stars, and Heegan FC at the University Football stadium in Mogadishu. The campaign aims at raising awareness on cholera and acute watery diarrhoea among the Somali population.

SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mahad Mohamud Ahmed, Captain Heegan Football Club:
"This will be a fair play match and everyone should come and watch the game on 16th December, 2011."

The cause of cholera is sewage water getting mixed into the drinking water supply, making it unsafe to drink. Cholera is an easily transmittable disease that causes severe diarrhoea, leading to rapid dehydration. If left untreated, it can kill in a matter of hours.

The contagious disease continues to be one of the major health concerns in the country.

SOUNDBITE (Somali) Yassin Ali Egal, Defender Somali National Team:
"Sport brings people together. This match will raise awareness on cholera."

Since January this year, about 60 000 cases of acute watery diarrhoea and cholera have been reported in South Central Somalia. About 75 percent of all cases are children under the age of five and women.