20 Jul 2012

WORLD BANK / AIDS

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said that ending AIDS is within our reach thanks to international efforts by activists and communities. Kim, speaking in advance of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC says the lessons learned in the fight against AIDS could be used to eradicate poverty. WORLD BANK

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STORY: WORLD BANK/ AIDS
TRT: 2.32
SOURCE: WORLD BANK
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 JULY 2012, WASHINGTON DC/ FILE

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FILE – 2010, DJIBOUTI

1. Wide shot, doctor checking blood pressure of patient
2. Med shot, doctor putting on blood pressure wrap on patient

20 JULY 2012, WASHINGTON DC

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group:
"Even ten years ago when we were working at the World Health Organization to just begin HIV treatment there was the feeling that there would be no end to the AIDS epidemic. It's extraordinary now that we're actually looking at the possibility of ending the epidemic. You know that the tools that we have now are just phenomenal. We can prevent all infections from mothers to children, treatment has been shown to be effective at a rate we never would have imagined. There are 8 million people on treatment today. The drugs are better and better and the accessibility to them is getting better although there's still work to do – we can end this epidemic. You know in the history of medical care, health care, there have been very few things that we've actually ended. And to think about where we started back in 1981 when we had no idea what this was, and then during the years that we thought this was going to be a death sentence for everyone forever, now actually looking at the end of AIDS is a tremendously exciting possibility."

FILE – 2010, MAURITANIA

4. Med shot, man sitting at doctor's desk 
5. Close up, doctor's face

20 JULY 2012, WASHINGTON DC

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group: 
"One of the things we're learning from the AIDS response is that the actual medical aspects of the response are rather limited. The aspects for the response that are most limited are putting systems into place, making sure the drugs are there on time, making sure that other medical equipment is there on time, making sure that the roads, the communications facilities, the energy – these are things the World Bank does better than any other international aid agency in the world. So we feel we have a huge role to play. As we've learned that AIDS is more than just a medical problem, but really it's a social development problem and it's an economic development problem as well. The World Bank can come in a build those systems that will not only protect the people from the diseases of today like AIDS, but will also protect people from the diseases of the future."

FILE – 2010, MAURITANIA

7. Close up, vials in stand

FILE – 2010, DJIBOUTI

8. Med shot, doctor extracting sample from vial

20 JULY 2012, WASHINGTON DC

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group:
"Now the lesson is if we can do this for AIDS, why can't we do this for poverty. The lessons from the AIDS epidemic are really quite extraordinary. We've shown that we can move drugs to even the poorest communities, we can keep people on treatment every day for a long period of time, we can build systems that support that response. Those steps are exactly what we need to eradicate poverty from the face of the Earth."

FILE – 2010, DJIBOUTI

10. Close up, vials spinning
11. Wide shot, doctor working in lab

STORYLINE:

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim today (20 July) said that ending AIDS - an idea that seemed inconceivable only a few years ago - is within reach.

Speaking in advance of the nineteenth International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) opening Sunday (22 July) in Washington, DC, Kim said the tools now available in the fight against AIDS were "just phenomenal".

Kim said that beyond the medical aspects, he saw a "huge role" for the World Bank in putting systems into place to help drugs and medical equipment get where they are needed. This would 'not only protect the people from the diseases of today like AIDS, but will also protect people from the diseases of the future".

The World Bank chief said the "really quite extraordinary" lessons learned in the fight against AIDS could be used to eradicate poverty.

The theme of AIDS 2012 (22-27 July) is 'Turning the Tide Together'. Jim Yong Kim is slated to give the opening address.