WHO / SOMALIA DROUGHT
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STORY: WHO / SOMALIA DROUGHT
TRT: 5:25
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 7 NOVEMBER 2022, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
1. Wide shot, aerial, Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in the outskirts of Baidoa
2. Wide shot, WHO and IOM staff walking inside the IDP camp
3. Wide shot, WHO staff discusses with one of the IDP camp leaders
4. Wide shot, Women and children wait for WHO Community Health Workers
5. Med shot, WHO’s Osman Mohammed is examining a child for signs of malnutrition
6. SOUNDBITE (English) James Ndithia, Drought Response Coordinator in Baidoa, WHO:
7. “Baidoa is one of the two district in the state that have been on hight alert for the likelihood of sliding into full famine. Because of the protracted conflict, we have mass displacement of population. And when we talk about this recurrent drought, what the world is not able to comprehend is that we deal with the same case load of people every year. So successively they are loosing their productive assets, loosing their livelihoods and becoming poorer and poorer with every drought event.”
8. Wide shot, Bundobo Hassan, recently arrived in the camp, is preparing the only meal of the day for herself and her children.
9. SOUNDBITE (Somali), Bundobo Hassan, IDP in Baidoa Camp:
“We have been in a drought situation for three years, we lost all our livestock; we have starved; we could not get transport, we carried these children on our heads; and those able to walk, they walked”
10. Close up, meal for the family for the day
11. Med shot, Bundobo and her children eat the meal
12. Close up, children and mother eat cassava paste and leaves, their only daily meal
13. SOUNDBITE (Somali), Bundobo Hassan, IDP in Baidoa Camp:
"We just survive on what people give us. We just eat what we have. We cannot buy meat or milk, and these are the only things we can eat.”
13. Wide shot, WHO’s Community Health Workers come inside the IDP camp to deliver health services
14. Various, community Health Workers prepare the vitamins and vaccines for children.
15. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mirura Abdirizak, Community Health Worker, WHO:
“We provide vaccines, ORs, zinc, Albendazole, and vitamin A. People are getting some food but not enough to meet their needs.”
14. Med shot, Women and children from the IDP camp wait to receive vaccinations and check up from WHO’s community health workers team
15. Close up, a baby is being screened for malnutrition
16. Med shot, Mirura Abdirizak reaches for a vaccine
17. Med shot, a baby is being vaccinated against polio
18. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mirura Abdirizak, Community Health Worker, WHO:
“Most of the people in these IDP camps are those who have been displaced from their villages, and they are in great need of vaccinations. There was a recurrent measles outbreak in Baidoa, and people were happy to receive the vaccines.”
19. Close up, Community Health Worked prepares a measles vaccine
20. Wide shot, Community Health Worker vaccinates a child during a campaign
21. Close up, baby receives a polio vaccine
22. Wide shot, Community Health Workers and WHO staff discuss the plan of activities for the day
23. SOUNDBITE (English) James Ndithia, Drought Response Coordinator in Baidoa, WHO:
“There is acute malnutrition, which in this case of drought is caused by household food insecurity. And there is chronic malnutrition which is also linked to food insecurity and poverty. So children who are exposed to malnutrition have less ability to fight off infections and for chronic malnutrition, they also miss their development milestones.”
24. Wide shot, Community health Workers come out in the IDP camps in Baidoa for health outreach activities
25. Various, Community Health Workers reach out to women in the camp with health messages as well as information about health services available in the camp, and collect the information about children who haven’t received vaccination yet.
26. SOUNDBITE (English) James Ndithia, Drought Response Coordinator in Baidoa, WHO:
“In our view, it is part of a bigger problem of climate change and global warming. And unfortunately for us in this part of the world, we seem to be paying the highest price in terms of human casualties, in terms of our ability to fight hunger and poverty. And this way then, we are then at risk of missing the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030.”
27. Wide shot, aerial, drought impact in Dolow, southern Gedo region, Somalia.
STORYLINE:
The number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn Africa have reached their highest-ever level this century, deepening a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger.
Most parts of the region are battling the worst drought in at least 40 years, with an unprecedented fifth rainy season failure now anticipated, while other parts face flooding and conflict. Many people have completely lost their livelihoods and coping capacities and are relying heavily on assistance to meet basic needs.
Baidoa district in the South West state is one of the areas most affected by the current drought, hosting a second largest population of internally displaced persons after the capital city, Mogadishu.
SOUNDBITE (English) James Ndithia, Drought Response Coordinator in Baidoa, WHO:
“Baidoa is one of the two district in the state that have been on hight alert for the likelihood of sliding into full famine. Because of the protracted conflict, we have mass displacement of population. And when we talk about this recurrent drought, what the world is not able to comprehend is that we deal with the same case load of people every year. So successively they are loosing their productive assets, loosing their livelihoods and becoming poorer and poorer with every drought event.”
Through its network of local Rapid Response Teams and Community Health Workers (CHW), WHO is providing an integrated package of health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable people in Baidoa. This includes vaccination against infectious diseases for children under 5 (such as polio, measles and cholera), screening children for malnutrition and referring the severe cases to stabilisation centres. The teams also focus on raising health awareness among vulnerable and displaced populations.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mirura Abdirizak, Community Health Worker, WHO:
“Most of the people in these IDP camps are those who have been displaced from their villages, and they are in great need of vaccinations.”
Due to the persisting drought, many people lost their livelihoods and were left with no choice but to leave their homes in a search of humanitarian assistance, often walking for days to reach the camps.
SOUNDBITE (Somali), Bundobo Hassan, IDP in Baidoa Camp:
“We have been in a drought situation for three years, we lost all our livestock; we have starved; we could not get transport, we carried these children on our heads; and those able to walk, they walked”
Rapid Response Teams and Community Health Workers come from the communities they serve and are key to deliver services where insecurity and drought prevent people from accessing healthcare.
TRT: 5:25
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 7 NOVEMBER 2022, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
1. Wide shot, aerial, Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in the outskirts of Baidoa
2. Wide shot, WHO and IOM staff walking inside the IDP camp
3. Wide shot, WHO staff discusses with one of the IDP camp leaders
4. Wide shot, Women and children wait for WHO Community Health Workers
5. Med shot, WHO’s Osman Mohammed is examining a child for signs of malnutrition
6. SOUNDBITE (English) James Ndithia, Drought Response Coordinator in Baidoa, WHO:
7. “Baidoa is one of the two district in the state that have been on hight alert for the likelihood of sliding into full famine. Because of the protracted conflict, we have mass displacement of population. And when we talk about this recurrent drought, what the world is not able to comprehend is that we deal with the same case load of people every year. So successively they are loosing their productive assets, loosing their livelihoods and becoming poorer and poorer with every drought event.”
8. Wide shot, Bundobo Hassan, recently arrived in the camp, is preparing the only meal of the day for herself and her children.
9. SOUNDBITE (Somali), Bundobo Hassan, IDP in Baidoa Camp:
“We have been in a drought situation for three years, we lost all our livestock; we have starved; we could not get transport, we carried these children on our heads; and those able to walk, they walked”
10. Close up, meal for the family for the day
11. Med shot, Bundobo and her children eat the meal
12. Close up, children and mother eat cassava paste and leaves, their only daily meal
13. SOUNDBITE (Somali), Bundobo Hassan, IDP in Baidoa Camp:
"We just survive on what people give us. We just eat what we have. We cannot buy meat or milk, and these are the only things we can eat.”
13. Wide shot, WHO’s Community Health Workers come inside the IDP camp to deliver health services
14. Various, community Health Workers prepare the vitamins and vaccines for children.
15. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mirura Abdirizak, Community Health Worker, WHO:
“We provide vaccines, ORs, zinc, Albendazole, and vitamin A. People are getting some food but not enough to meet their needs.”
14. Med shot, Women and children from the IDP camp wait to receive vaccinations and check up from WHO’s community health workers team
15. Close up, a baby is being screened for malnutrition
16. Med shot, Mirura Abdirizak reaches for a vaccine
17. Med shot, a baby is being vaccinated against polio
18. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mirura Abdirizak, Community Health Worker, WHO:
“Most of the people in these IDP camps are those who have been displaced from their villages, and they are in great need of vaccinations. There was a recurrent measles outbreak in Baidoa, and people were happy to receive the vaccines.”
19. Close up, Community Health Worked prepares a measles vaccine
20. Wide shot, Community Health Worker vaccinates a child during a campaign
21. Close up, baby receives a polio vaccine
22. Wide shot, Community Health Workers and WHO staff discuss the plan of activities for the day
23. SOUNDBITE (English) James Ndithia, Drought Response Coordinator in Baidoa, WHO:
“There is acute malnutrition, which in this case of drought is caused by household food insecurity. And there is chronic malnutrition which is also linked to food insecurity and poverty. So children who are exposed to malnutrition have less ability to fight off infections and for chronic malnutrition, they also miss their development milestones.”
24. Wide shot, Community health Workers come out in the IDP camps in Baidoa for health outreach activities
25. Various, Community Health Workers reach out to women in the camp with health messages as well as information about health services available in the camp, and collect the information about children who haven’t received vaccination yet.
26. SOUNDBITE (English) James Ndithia, Drought Response Coordinator in Baidoa, WHO:
“In our view, it is part of a bigger problem of climate change and global warming. And unfortunately for us in this part of the world, we seem to be paying the highest price in terms of human casualties, in terms of our ability to fight hunger and poverty. And this way then, we are then at risk of missing the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030.”
27. Wide shot, aerial, drought impact in Dolow, southern Gedo region, Somalia.
STORYLINE:
The number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn Africa have reached their highest-ever level this century, deepening a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger.
Most parts of the region are battling the worst drought in at least 40 years, with an unprecedented fifth rainy season failure now anticipated, while other parts face flooding and conflict. Many people have completely lost their livelihoods and coping capacities and are relying heavily on assistance to meet basic needs.
Baidoa district in the South West state is one of the areas most affected by the current drought, hosting a second largest population of internally displaced persons after the capital city, Mogadishu.
SOUNDBITE (English) James Ndithia, Drought Response Coordinator in Baidoa, WHO:
“Baidoa is one of the two district in the state that have been on hight alert for the likelihood of sliding into full famine. Because of the protracted conflict, we have mass displacement of population. And when we talk about this recurrent drought, what the world is not able to comprehend is that we deal with the same case load of people every year. So successively they are loosing their productive assets, loosing their livelihoods and becoming poorer and poorer with every drought event.”
Through its network of local Rapid Response Teams and Community Health Workers (CHW), WHO is providing an integrated package of health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable people in Baidoa. This includes vaccination against infectious diseases for children under 5 (such as polio, measles and cholera), screening children for malnutrition and referring the severe cases to stabilisation centres. The teams also focus on raising health awareness among vulnerable and displaced populations.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mirura Abdirizak, Community Health Worker, WHO:
“Most of the people in these IDP camps are those who have been displaced from their villages, and they are in great need of vaccinations.”
Due to the persisting drought, many people lost their livelihoods and were left with no choice but to leave their homes in a search of humanitarian assistance, often walking for days to reach the camps.
SOUNDBITE (Somali), Bundobo Hassan, IDP in Baidoa Camp:
“We have been in a drought situation for three years, we lost all our livestock; we have starved; we could not get transport, we carried these children on our heads; and those able to walk, they walked”
Rapid Response Teams and Community Health Workers come from the communities they serve and are key to deliver services where insecurity and drought prevent people from accessing healthcare.
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