SOUTH SUDAN / HIV
02-Mar-2016
00:01:48
UNAIDS said that three out of 100 adults are living with HIV in South SudanThe prevalence on average in the country is 2.7 percent, but some areas like Ezo, it’s been a lot higher (14 percent). The numbers have been exacerbated by reports of rape and sexual assault since the conflict began in December 2013.
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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / HIV
TRT: 01:48
SOURCE: UNMISS/ FILE
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 02 MARCH 2016, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
TRT: 01:48
SOURCE: UNMISS/ FILE
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 02 MARCH 2016, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, press briefing
2. Various shots, UNAIDS Strategic Interventions Adviser and UNMISS spokesperson seated
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Mumtazia, Strategic Interventions Advisor, UNAIDS, South Sudan:
“Fifty- two percent experienced judgmental attitudes and shaming. Twenty-three percent were excluded from social events including family, religious and community gatherings. Thirty percent experienced physical abuse due to their HIV status. Eighteen percent experienced loss of job or loss of income. Fifteen percent had to change jobs or were refused a promotion based on their HIV status. Fourteen percent were prevented from attending educational institutions based on their HIV status.”
4. Med shot, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Mumtazia, Strategic Interventions Advisor, UNAIDS, South Sudan:
“The Global Fund is providing (USD) 40 million for over a period of two and a half years and PEPFAR, the U.S. government is providing around 22 million per year for the AIDS response in this country. This is only 30 percent. Including some amounts from UN Agencies comes to about 30 percent of what we need to combat HIV and AIDS in this country.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing
FILE – JUNE 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
9. Wide shot, street leading to hospital. Abraham Deng walking to camera
10. Wide shot, exterior Juba Teaching Hospital. Abraham Deng entering hospital
11. Med shot, Abraham Deng and doctor in consultation room
12. Med shot, nurse handing Abraham Deng pills
13. Close up, pharmacy sign
14. Med shot, nurse handing Abraham Deng pills
15. Med shot, Abraham Deng leaves pharmacy
16. Various shots, Abraham Deng in waiting room
2. Various shots, UNAIDS Strategic Interventions Adviser and UNMISS spokesperson seated
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Mumtazia, Strategic Interventions Advisor, UNAIDS, South Sudan:
“Fifty- two percent experienced judgmental attitudes and shaming. Twenty-three percent were excluded from social events including family, religious and community gatherings. Thirty percent experienced physical abuse due to their HIV status. Eighteen percent experienced loss of job or loss of income. Fifteen percent had to change jobs or were refused a promotion based on their HIV status. Fourteen percent were prevented from attending educational institutions based on their HIV status.”
4. Med shot, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Mumtazia, Strategic Interventions Advisor, UNAIDS, South Sudan:
“The Global Fund is providing (USD) 40 million for over a period of two and a half years and PEPFAR, the U.S. government is providing around 22 million per year for the AIDS response in this country. This is only 30 percent. Including some amounts from UN Agencies comes to about 30 percent of what we need to combat HIV and AIDS in this country.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing
FILE – JUNE 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
9. Wide shot, street leading to hospital. Abraham Deng walking to camera
10. Wide shot, exterior Juba Teaching Hospital. Abraham Deng entering hospital
11. Med shot, Abraham Deng and doctor in consultation room
12. Med shot, nurse handing Abraham Deng pills
13. Close up, pharmacy sign
14. Med shot, nurse handing Abraham Deng pills
15. Med shot, Abraham Deng leaves pharmacy
16. Various shots, Abraham Deng in waiting room
STORYLINE
UNAIDS said that three out of 100 adults are living with HIV in South Sudan.
Speaking to reporters today at a press briefing in Juba, a UNAIDS intervention advisor said that the age group most affected are adults between the ages of 15 to 49. These figures were gathered in a 2012 study conducted country wide.
The prevalence on average in the country is 2.7 percent, but some areas like Ezo, it’s been a lot higher (14 percent). The numbers have been exacerbated by reports of rape and sexual assault since the conflict began in December 2013.
If HIV is not addressed today, South Sudan could be dealing with an epidemic in ten years’ time that may surpass Southern Africa. This will have a devastating impact on the development of the country.
A multi-agency study last year on HIV across the country found that 52 percent experienced judgmental attitudes and shaming, 23 percent were excluded from social events including family, religious and community gatherings and 30 percent experienced physical abuse due to their HIV status.
Nearly 20 percent lost their jobs and 15 percent had to change jobs or were refused a promotion based on their HIV status. Fourteen percent were prevented from attending educational institutions based on their HIV status.
According to the UN agency, stigma and discrimination is the number one reason why people are not getting tested for the virus. It has been noted that those diagnosed with the virus have not returned for r life-saving treatment because they have been treated badly.
The treatment program is severely underfunded, so far there is only 30 percent of what they need to combat the virus.
Speaking to reporters today at a press briefing in Juba, a UNAIDS intervention advisor said that the age group most affected are adults between the ages of 15 to 49. These figures were gathered in a 2012 study conducted country wide.
The prevalence on average in the country is 2.7 percent, but some areas like Ezo, it’s been a lot higher (14 percent). The numbers have been exacerbated by reports of rape and sexual assault since the conflict began in December 2013.
If HIV is not addressed today, South Sudan could be dealing with an epidemic in ten years’ time that may surpass Southern Africa. This will have a devastating impact on the development of the country.
A multi-agency study last year on HIV across the country found that 52 percent experienced judgmental attitudes and shaming, 23 percent were excluded from social events including family, religious and community gatherings and 30 percent experienced physical abuse due to their HIV status.
Nearly 20 percent lost their jobs and 15 percent had to change jobs or were refused a promotion based on their HIV status. Fourteen percent were prevented from attending educational institutions based on their HIV status.
According to the UN agency, stigma and discrimination is the number one reason why people are not getting tested for the virus. It has been noted that those diagnosed with the virus have not returned for r life-saving treatment because they have been treated badly.
The treatment program is severely underfunded, so far there is only 30 percent of what they need to combat the virus.
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