DR CONGO / VENEMAN MUTOMBO (02:07)

27 August 2009

DR CONGO / VENEMAN MUTOMBO (02:07)

At a ceremony attended by NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo and UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa launches two new centers of excellence to improve the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. UNICEF

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STORY: DR CONGO / VENEMAN MUTOMBO 
TRT:  2.07 
SOURCE: UNICEF 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE 
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26 AUGUST 2009, KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

SHOTLIST:

1.	Wide shot, people on Kinshasa streets 
2.	Wide shot, exterior Biama Marie Mutombo Hospital 
3.	Med shot, baby in incubator 
4.	Close up, baby in incubator 
5.	Med shot, blood sachet and vials 
6.	Med shot, microscope 
7.	Wide shot, UNICEF Director Ann M. Veneman and delegation with Dikembe Mutombo 
8.	Wide shot, Ann M. Veneman and delegation in the laboratory 
9.	Med shot, Ann M. Veneman and Dikembe Mutombo 
10.	Wide shot, Ann M. Veneman and delegation walking past pediatrics and maternity sign 
11.	Close up, child in hospital bed 
12.	Med shot, Ann M. Veneman and doctor 
13.	SOUNDBITE (English): Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director: 
“And so this hospital is an example of what a health care system could look like, if it were properly implemented throughout the country. And could help to save so many lives, whether it’s the children who are dying of largely preventable causes – over half a million children die here every year, who are under the age of five, of largely preventable causes, like malaria and diarrhea and pneumonia, and malnutrition – it shouldn’t happen.” 
14.	Med shot, ribbon cutting 
15.	Close up, ribbon cutting 
16.	SOUNDBITE (English) Dikembe Mutombo, former NBA Star: 
“I want to create a model of excellence, a centre of excellence. I want to create one of the top research centers on the African continent, where large pharmaceutical companies from around the world can come, do their work and do their research here. Right now we have a BD [Becton, Dickinson and Company] partnership; we have UNICEF, the World Health Organization.” 
17.	Med shot, child sitting on bed 
18.	Close up, child’s hand playing with stuffed animal 
19.	Med shot, child in father’s lap

STORYLINE:

On the edge of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital offers hope. A state of the art medical facility founded in 2007 by basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo, the hospital provides healthcare in a country where the medical system has largely collapsed.

This week, at a ceremony attended by Mutombo and UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, Mutombo Hospital launched two new centers to improve treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director: 
“And so this hospital is an example of what a health care system could look like, if it were properly implemented throughout the country. And could help to save so many lives, whether it’s the children who are dying of largely preventable causes – over half a million children die here every year, who are under the age of five, of largely preventable causes, like malaria and diarrhea and pneumonia, and malnutrition – it shouldn’t happen.”

With the help of the American-based medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) the hospital’s staff will receive a range of safety-engineered injection blood collection devices as well as laboratory and occupational safety training.

And the legendary Congo-born athlete who made it possible is not stopping yet:

SOUNDBITE (English) Dikembe Mutombo, former NBA Star: 
“I want to create a model of excellence, a centre of excellence. I want to create one of the top research centers on the African continent, where large pharmaceutical companies from around the world can come, do their work and do their research here.  Right now we have a BD partnership; we have UNICEF, the World Health Organization.”

In a country where five million people have died in the past decade of war, hunger and disease, it is an ambitious dream.

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