4 Mar 2013

HAITI / CHOLERA

Since 2011, UNICEF and the Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) have formed a partnership to fight cholera in Port-au-Prince. UNICEF

Posted at: March 4, 2013 12:38 pm

Duration: 02:35

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STORY: HAITI / CHOLERA
TRT: 2.35
SOURCE: UNICEF TELEVISION
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: HAITIAN CREOLE/FRENCH/NATS

DATELINE: 25 JANUARY 2013, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

SHOTLIST:

1. Close up, boy lying on cot
2. Wide shot, UNICEF medical tent
3. Close-up, boy's hand hooked up to IV
4. Close-up, IV drip
5. Med shot, mother (in red) sitting next to boy on cot
6. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Ghislaine Saintimé, mother: 
"My son Nelson is the only one of my four children who got sick with cholera. It was a Tuesday. He was at school and became sick with diarrhoea and vomiting. I got a call and went to the school. I took Nelson to the general hospital but they could not treat him so they transferred him here, Gheskio. We came at the right moment because he was losing consciousness. If we didn't get here then, he could have died."
7. Close up, boy on cot
8. Wide shot, parking lot next to UNICEF medical tent (tent visible in shot)
9. Med shot, row of cots inside tent
10. Med shot, mother feeding young girl a cup of water
11. Close up, nurse writing on clipboard
12. Med shot, mother carrying buckets alongside small child carrying plastic tub on head
13. Med shot, two men pull a plastic bucket from a well
14. Close up, bucket coming out of well
15. Wide shot, small medical tent set up behind razor wire
16. Med shot, woman in white demonstrates proper water hygiene practices
17. Close up, women's faces
18. Wide shot, man pulling cart passes in front of cement wall
19. Close up, sign: "CENTRE TRAITEMENT CHOLERA GHESKIO"
20. SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Colette Guiteau Moise, GHESKIO: 
"Every patient here receives instructions on how to prevent cholera. When they leave here, they will have received an education, special tablets to treat their water, educational pamphlets, and sometimes, when needed, bleach. They will also have follow-up appointments with our staff. When they leave this centre, their lives will change, their behaviour will change, because the team here has helped them protect themselves."
21. Close up, face of woman in red
22. Med shot, doctor (in white lab jacket) gives advice to woman in red
23. Med shot, man sitting up in cot
24. Close up, little girl sitting on mother's lap
25. Close up, boy lying on cot
26. Wide shot, people walking in street, past puddle of water

STORYLINE:

Just four days ago, four-year-old Nelson Saintimé nearly died from cholera. He arrived here at the 'Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections' (GHESKIO) cholera treatment centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, severely dehydrated and nearly unconscious.

His mother says young Nelson came close to becoming one of the nearly 8,000 Haitians who have died from cholera since the current epidemic hit in October 2010.

SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Ghislaine Saintimé, mother:
"My son Nelson is the only one of my four children who got sick with cholera. It was a Tuesday. He was at school and became sick with diarrhoea and vomiting. I got a call and went to the school. I took Nelson to the general hospital but they could not treat him so they transferred him here, GHESKIO. We came at the right moment because he was losing consciousness. If we didn't get here then, he could have died."

In 2011, UNICEF and GHESKIO formed a partnership to fight cholera in Port-au-Prince. GHESKIO says it has seen more than 11,000 cases of cholera, and has lost only 30 patients.

Its work here has served as a model for preventing, controlling, and treating cholera in urban slums, and in tent cities.

On this day, a mobile team is going into the nearby City of God neighbourhood, testing water, and checking on a local outpost where residents are instructed on cholera prevention, and treated for any mild cases of diarrhoea. The more severe cases, including any trace of cholera, are immediately referred back to the main cholera treatment centre.

SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Colette Guiteau Moise, GHESKIO:
"Every patient here receives instruction on how to prevent cholera. When they leave here, they will have received an education, special tablets to treat their water, educational pamphlets, and sometimes, when needed, bleach. They will also have follow-up appointments with our staff. When they leave this centre, their lives will change, their behaviour will change, because the team here has helped them protect themselves."

GHESKIO's work with UNICEF is reaching Haitians most at risk of catching cholera, like Nelson Saintimé.