WHO / HEALTH EMERGENCIES
08-Feb-2023
00:06:38
The World Health Organization’s Chief said, “With the weather conditions and ongoing aftershocks, we’re in a race against time to save lives. People need shelter, food, clean water and medical care, for injuries resulting from the earthquake, but also for other health needs.” WHO
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STORY: WHO / HEALTH EMERGENCIES
TRT: 06:38
SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 FEBRUARY 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, press room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“I want to start by expressing my deepest condolences to those affected by the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic in the early hours of Monday morning.”
3. Wide shot, press room
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“With the weather conditions and ongoing aftershocks, we’re in a race against time to save lives. People need shelter, food, clean water and medical care, for injuries resulting from the earthquake, but also for other health needs.
WHO has released 3 million US Dollars from the contingency fund for emergencies for the response in both coutries. WHO is providing medical supplies, supporting both countries to respond and working with partners to provide specialised medical care.”
4.Wide shot, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Iman Shankiti, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the Syrian Arab Republic:
“Having a very harsh conditions, weather conditions, the possibility of finding alive casualties is diminishing.”
6. Wide shot, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Iman Shankiti, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the Syrian Arab Republic:
“Definitely the health needs are tremendous. I mean, it’s important to know the health system has suffered for the last 12 years and continues to suffer and continues to be strained by the ongoing emergencies.”
8. Wide shot, press room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Batyr Berdyklychev, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative, Türkiye:
“The main challenge at the moment, it is continuing after shocks, bad weather, subzero during the night-time, also damaged roads which hinders access to the affected territories and areas. Also the challenges for Search and Rescue, due to the magnitude, magnitude of the event and number of affected cities and provinces. Also trauma care, and mental health and psychological support.”
10. Wide shot, press room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Adelheid Marschang, Senior Emergency Officer, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO has had a long standing presence in both countries that have now been severely affected by the earthquake and therefore the ability to scale up the response as per the needs is swift and agile, despite some very, very clear challenges and constraints.”
12. Wide shot, press room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Adelheid Marschang, Senior Emergency Officer, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Besides the immediate health effects that we have, that we are seeing and that we have heard of today and yesterday and throughout, since Monday, that there is secondary health crisis emerging in the aftermath as underlying health risks will like I will likely be exacibated, I’m speaking about and especially in the case of Syria, diarrhoeal diseases including cholera, respiratory illnesses, leishmaniasis, physical and mental trauma and disability, secondary wound infection, etc.”
14. Wide shot, press room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Holden, Incident Maganer, Earthquake Response, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We’ve got a lot of people who have survived now out in the open and in worsening and horrific conditions. We’ve got major disruption to basic water supplies. We’ve got major disruption to fuel, electricity supplies, communication supplies. The basics of life. We are in real danger of seeing a secondary disaster which may cause harm to more people than the initial disaster if we don't move with the same pace and intensity as we are doing on the search and rescue side. We have got to ensure that people have the basic elements to survive this next period.”
16. Wide shot, press room
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Since late August, about 85,000 cholera cases have been reported from the Syrian Arab Republic. But it’s just one of 30 countries that reported cholera outbreaks last year.
Around the world, we estimate that more people died from cholera last year than in the previous five years put together.
Currently, 23 countries are experiencing cholera outbreaks, and a further 20 countries that share land borders with affected countries are at risk.
In total, more than 1 billion people around the world are directly at risk of cholera.
Cholera spreads through contaminated water, so clean water is needed urgently wherever there is an acute outbreak, to prevent transmission.”
18. Wide shot, press room
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“There are effective vaccines for cholera, but with supply very limited, the International Coordinating Group that manages the global cholera vaccine stockpile last year suspended the standard two-dose regimen, recommending instead a single-dose approach to extend supply.”
20. Wide shot, press room
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Over the past few weeks there have been several reports of mammals including minks, otters and foxes and sea lions having been infected with H5N1 avian influenza. H5N1 has spread widely in wild birds and poultry for 25 years, but the recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely. For the moment, WHO assesses the risk to humans as low. Since H5N1 first emerged in 1996, we have only seen rare and non-sustained transmission of H5N1 to and between humans.”
22. Wide shot, press room
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Sylvie Briand, Director, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, WHO:
“Avian flu and our worry for the human population and that is why we need to be very vigilant with this circulation of H5N1 in birds and now the infection in small mammals because we need to be ready to face outbreaks in humans and be ready also to control them as soon as possible, so that the virus doesn't spread any further.”
24. Wide shot, press room
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme:
“Our job is to stay one step ahead, be smarter and that is why again we have 154 labs all around the world in the global influenza surveillance and response network in countries, funded by countries who share data 24 hours a day, collect samples, test those samples do genetic sequencing, compare those samples, if needed develop candidate vaccines. That’s what we need. Not to be scared of the virus, they are out there and will always be there but we need to focus on is our game plan for what we need to do to ensure we keep everybody safe.”
28. Wide shot, press room
STORYLINE:
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief today (8 Feb) said, “With the weather conditions and ongoing aftershocks, we’re in a race against time to save lives. People need shelter, food, clean water and medical care, for injuries resulting from the earthquake, but also for other health needs.”
Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO has released 3 million US Dollars from the contingency fund for emergencies for the response in both coutries. WHO is providing medical supplies, supporting both countries to respond and working with partners to provide specialised medical care.”
He continued, “Since late August, about 85,000 cholera cases have been reported from the Syrian Arab Republic. But it’s just one of 30 countries that reported cholera outbreaks last year.”
According to Tedros, WHO estimates that more people died from cholera last year than in the previous five years put together.
He said, “Currently, 23 countries are experiencing cholera outbreaks, and a further 20 countries that share land borders with affected countries are at risk. In total, more than 1 billion people around the world are directly at risk of cholera. Cholera spreads through contaminated water, so clean water is needed urgently wherever there is an acute outbreak, to prevent transmission.”
WHO’s Representative in the Syrian Arab Republic, Iman Shankiti, said, “Having a very harsh conditions, weather conditions, the possibility of finding alive casualties is diminishing.”
She continued, “Definitely the health needs are tremendous. I mean, it’s important to know the health system has suffered for the last 12 years and continues to suffer and continues to be strained by the ongoing emergencies.”
WHO’s Representative in Türkiye also spoke to reporters. Ha said, “The main challenge at the moment, it is continuing after shocks, bad weather, subzero during the night-time, also damaged roads which hinders access to the affected territories and areas. Also the challenges for Search and Rescue, due to the magnitude, magnitude of the event and number of affected cities and provinces. Also trauma care, and mental health and psychological support.”
Robert Holden, Incident Maganer, WHO Earthquake Response, also addressed reporters. He said: “We’ve got a lot of people who have survived now out in the open and in worsening and horrific conditions. We’ve got major disruption to basic water supplies. We’ve got major disruption to fuel, electricity supplies, communication supplies.”
He continued, “The basics of life. We are in real danger of seeing a secondary disaster which may cause harm to more people than the initial disaster if we don't move with the same pace and intensity as we are doing on the search and rescue side.”
Holden added, “We have got to ensure that people have the basic elements to survive this next period.”
WHO’s Dr Michael Ryan also spoke to reporters. He said, “Our job is to stay one step ahead, be smarter and that is why again we have 154 labs all around the world in the global influenza surveillance and response network in countries, funded by countries who share data 24 hours a day, collect samples, test those samples do genetic sequencing, compare those samples, if needed develop candidate vaccines.”
He also said, "That’s what we need. Not to be scared of the virus, they are out there and will always be there but we need to focus on is our game plan for what we need to do to ensure we keep everybody safe.”
TRT: 06:38
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 FEBRUARY 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, press room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“I want to start by expressing my deepest condolences to those affected by the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic in the early hours of Monday morning.”
3. Wide shot, press room
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“With the weather conditions and ongoing aftershocks, we’re in a race against time to save lives. People need shelter, food, clean water and medical care, for injuries resulting from the earthquake, but also for other health needs.
WHO has released 3 million US Dollars from the contingency fund for emergencies for the response in both coutries. WHO is providing medical supplies, supporting both countries to respond and working with partners to provide specialised medical care.”
4.Wide shot, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Iman Shankiti, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the Syrian Arab Republic:
“Having a very harsh conditions, weather conditions, the possibility of finding alive casualties is diminishing.”
6. Wide shot, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Iman Shankiti, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the Syrian Arab Republic:
“Definitely the health needs are tremendous. I mean, it’s important to know the health system has suffered for the last 12 years and continues to suffer and continues to be strained by the ongoing emergencies.”
8. Wide shot, press room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Batyr Berdyklychev, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative, Türkiye:
“The main challenge at the moment, it is continuing after shocks, bad weather, subzero during the night-time, also damaged roads which hinders access to the affected territories and areas. Also the challenges for Search and Rescue, due to the magnitude, magnitude of the event and number of affected cities and provinces. Also trauma care, and mental health and psychological support.”
10. Wide shot, press room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Adelheid Marschang, Senior Emergency Officer, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO has had a long standing presence in both countries that have now been severely affected by the earthquake and therefore the ability to scale up the response as per the needs is swift and agile, despite some very, very clear challenges and constraints.”
12. Wide shot, press room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Adelheid Marschang, Senior Emergency Officer, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Besides the immediate health effects that we have, that we are seeing and that we have heard of today and yesterday and throughout, since Monday, that there is secondary health crisis emerging in the aftermath as underlying health risks will like I will likely be exacibated, I’m speaking about and especially in the case of Syria, diarrhoeal diseases including cholera, respiratory illnesses, leishmaniasis, physical and mental trauma and disability, secondary wound infection, etc.”
14. Wide shot, press room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Holden, Incident Maganer, Earthquake Response, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We’ve got a lot of people who have survived now out in the open and in worsening and horrific conditions. We’ve got major disruption to basic water supplies. We’ve got major disruption to fuel, electricity supplies, communication supplies. The basics of life. We are in real danger of seeing a secondary disaster which may cause harm to more people than the initial disaster if we don't move with the same pace and intensity as we are doing on the search and rescue side. We have got to ensure that people have the basic elements to survive this next period.”
16. Wide shot, press room
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Since late August, about 85,000 cholera cases have been reported from the Syrian Arab Republic. But it’s just one of 30 countries that reported cholera outbreaks last year.
Around the world, we estimate that more people died from cholera last year than in the previous five years put together.
Currently, 23 countries are experiencing cholera outbreaks, and a further 20 countries that share land borders with affected countries are at risk.
In total, more than 1 billion people around the world are directly at risk of cholera.
Cholera spreads through contaminated water, so clean water is needed urgently wherever there is an acute outbreak, to prevent transmission.”
18. Wide shot, press room
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“There are effective vaccines for cholera, but with supply very limited, the International Coordinating Group that manages the global cholera vaccine stockpile last year suspended the standard two-dose regimen, recommending instead a single-dose approach to extend supply.”
20. Wide shot, press room
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Over the past few weeks there have been several reports of mammals including minks, otters and foxes and sea lions having been infected with H5N1 avian influenza. H5N1 has spread widely in wild birds and poultry for 25 years, but the recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely. For the moment, WHO assesses the risk to humans as low. Since H5N1 first emerged in 1996, we have only seen rare and non-sustained transmission of H5N1 to and between humans.”
22. Wide shot, press room
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Sylvie Briand, Director, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, WHO:
“Avian flu and our worry for the human population and that is why we need to be very vigilant with this circulation of H5N1 in birds and now the infection in small mammals because we need to be ready to face outbreaks in humans and be ready also to control them as soon as possible, so that the virus doesn't spread any further.”
24. Wide shot, press room
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme:
“Our job is to stay one step ahead, be smarter and that is why again we have 154 labs all around the world in the global influenza surveillance and response network in countries, funded by countries who share data 24 hours a day, collect samples, test those samples do genetic sequencing, compare those samples, if needed develop candidate vaccines. That’s what we need. Not to be scared of the virus, they are out there and will always be there but we need to focus on is our game plan for what we need to do to ensure we keep everybody safe.”
28. Wide shot, press room
STORYLINE:
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief today (8 Feb) said, “With the weather conditions and ongoing aftershocks, we’re in a race against time to save lives. People need shelter, food, clean water and medical care, for injuries resulting from the earthquake, but also for other health needs.”
Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO has released 3 million US Dollars from the contingency fund for emergencies for the response in both coutries. WHO is providing medical supplies, supporting both countries to respond and working with partners to provide specialised medical care.”
He continued, “Since late August, about 85,000 cholera cases have been reported from the Syrian Arab Republic. But it’s just one of 30 countries that reported cholera outbreaks last year.”
According to Tedros, WHO estimates that more people died from cholera last year than in the previous five years put together.
He said, “Currently, 23 countries are experiencing cholera outbreaks, and a further 20 countries that share land borders with affected countries are at risk. In total, more than 1 billion people around the world are directly at risk of cholera. Cholera spreads through contaminated water, so clean water is needed urgently wherever there is an acute outbreak, to prevent transmission.”
WHO’s Representative in the Syrian Arab Republic, Iman Shankiti, said, “Having a very harsh conditions, weather conditions, the possibility of finding alive casualties is diminishing.”
She continued, “Definitely the health needs are tremendous. I mean, it’s important to know the health system has suffered for the last 12 years and continues to suffer and continues to be strained by the ongoing emergencies.”
WHO’s Representative in Türkiye also spoke to reporters. Ha said, “The main challenge at the moment, it is continuing after shocks, bad weather, subzero during the night-time, also damaged roads which hinders access to the affected territories and areas. Also the challenges for Search and Rescue, due to the magnitude, magnitude of the event and number of affected cities and provinces. Also trauma care, and mental health and psychological support.”
Robert Holden, Incident Maganer, WHO Earthquake Response, also addressed reporters. He said: “We’ve got a lot of people who have survived now out in the open and in worsening and horrific conditions. We’ve got major disruption to basic water supplies. We’ve got major disruption to fuel, electricity supplies, communication supplies.”
He continued, “The basics of life. We are in real danger of seeing a secondary disaster which may cause harm to more people than the initial disaster if we don't move with the same pace and intensity as we are doing on the search and rescue side.”
Holden added, “We have got to ensure that people have the basic elements to survive this next period.”
WHO’s Dr Michael Ryan also spoke to reporters. He said, “Our job is to stay one step ahead, be smarter and that is why again we have 154 labs all around the world in the global influenza surveillance and response network in countries, funded by countries who share data 24 hours a day, collect samples, test those samples do genetic sequencing, compare those samples, if needed develop candidate vaccines.”
He also said, "That’s what we need. Not to be scared of the virus, they are out there and will always be there but we need to focus on is our game plan for what we need to do to ensure we keep everybody safe.”
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