WHO / HEALTH EMERGENCIES
26-Apr-2023
00:05:11
On top of the number of deaths and injuries caused by the conflict, World Health Organization expects many more deaths in Sudan due to outbreaks, lack of access to food and water, and disruptions to essential health services, including immunization. WHO
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STORY: WHO / HEALTH EMERGENCIES
TRT: 5:11
SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 26 APRIL 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
TRT: 5:11
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 26 APRIL 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST
RECENT – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, exterior, WHO Headquarters
26 APRIL 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“First to Sudan. The bloodshed we have seen over the past 10 days is heart-breaking in a country whose people have already suffered so much in recent years. WHO welcomes the ceasefire agreed between the parties. We urge all countries to fully respect it. Already, the violence has taken a terrible toll on health.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“On top of the number of deaths and injuries caused by the conflict itself, WHO expects there will be many more deaths due to outbreaks, lack of access to food and water, and disruptions to essential health services, including immunization.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO estimates that one-quarter of the lives lost so far could be have been saved with access to basic haemorrhage control. But paramedics, nurses, and doctors are unable to access injured civilians, and civilians are unable to access services.
In the capital, Khartoum, 61 percent of health facilities are closed, and only 16 percent are operating as normal.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO has stocks of essential medicines, blood bags, supplies for surgery and trauma care waiting for delivery. But we need safe access to do that. As always, the best medicine in this situation is peace.”
10. Wide shot, press briefing room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO is also concerned about the occupation of the central public health lab by one of the parties in the conflict. Technicians no longer have access to the laboratory, which means the lab is no longer able to perform its normal diagnostic and reference function. We are also concerned that those occupying the lab could be accidentally exposed to pathogens stored there. WHO is seeking more information and conducting a risk assessment.”
12. Wide shot, press briefing room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“This does represent an attack on healthcare. The occupation of the laboratory denies that service to the hospitals, to the doctors, to the patients. And at this time, our primary concern is the health and welfare of the people of Sudan. And right now, the major danger to the health and welfare of the people of Sudan is lack of access to clean water, lack of access to food. The risk of direct injury with guns and tanks, and other weapons being used indiscriminately in civilian zones. So, when we look at the major risk to the civilian population of Sudan, they are the risks.”
14. Wide shot, press briefing room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We’re very encouraged by the sustained decline in reported deaths from COVID-19, which have dropped 95 percent since the beginning of this year. However, some countries are seeing increases, and over the past four weeks, 14 thousand people lost their lives to this disease. An estimated one in 10 infections results in Post COVID-19 condition, suggesting that hundreds of millions of people will need longer-term care.”
16. Wide shot, press briefing room
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Today, WHO launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative, or PRET. The acronym is deliberate: “prêt” means “ready” in French. Rather than focusing on specific pathogens or diseases, PRET takes an integrated approach to pandemic planning by focusing on groups of pathogens and the systems they affect. To begin with, PRET will focus on respiratory pathogens, including influenza, coronaviruses, RSV, and as-yet-unknown pathogens. Pandemics are, by definition, global events, so PRET is designed to promote collaboration between countries.”
18. Wide shot, press briefing room
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Sylvie Briand, Director, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The specific work we have been doing to start with this initiative is really first to learn the lessons from COVID. Because we have learned a lot during the past three years, and we don't want to lose this experience. Second is to maintain also the capacities that we have built during COVID because these capacities have grown in many countries, especially low and middle-income countries, and we don't want to lose the capacities. And third is really to integrate innovation.”
RECENT – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
20. Wide shot, exterior, WHO Headquarters
1. Wide shot, exterior, WHO Headquarters
26 APRIL 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“First to Sudan. The bloodshed we have seen over the past 10 days is heart-breaking in a country whose people have already suffered so much in recent years. WHO welcomes the ceasefire agreed between the parties. We urge all countries to fully respect it. Already, the violence has taken a terrible toll on health.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“On top of the number of deaths and injuries caused by the conflict itself, WHO expects there will be many more deaths due to outbreaks, lack of access to food and water, and disruptions to essential health services, including immunization.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO estimates that one-quarter of the lives lost so far could be have been saved with access to basic haemorrhage control. But paramedics, nurses, and doctors are unable to access injured civilians, and civilians are unable to access services.
In the capital, Khartoum, 61 percent of health facilities are closed, and only 16 percent are operating as normal.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO has stocks of essential medicines, blood bags, supplies for surgery and trauma care waiting for delivery. But we need safe access to do that. As always, the best medicine in this situation is peace.”
10. Wide shot, press briefing room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO is also concerned about the occupation of the central public health lab by one of the parties in the conflict. Technicians no longer have access to the laboratory, which means the lab is no longer able to perform its normal diagnostic and reference function. We are also concerned that those occupying the lab could be accidentally exposed to pathogens stored there. WHO is seeking more information and conducting a risk assessment.”
12. Wide shot, press briefing room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“This does represent an attack on healthcare. The occupation of the laboratory denies that service to the hospitals, to the doctors, to the patients. And at this time, our primary concern is the health and welfare of the people of Sudan. And right now, the major danger to the health and welfare of the people of Sudan is lack of access to clean water, lack of access to food. The risk of direct injury with guns and tanks, and other weapons being used indiscriminately in civilian zones. So, when we look at the major risk to the civilian population of Sudan, they are the risks.”
14. Wide shot, press briefing room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We’re very encouraged by the sustained decline in reported deaths from COVID-19, which have dropped 95 percent since the beginning of this year. However, some countries are seeing increases, and over the past four weeks, 14 thousand people lost their lives to this disease. An estimated one in 10 infections results in Post COVID-19 condition, suggesting that hundreds of millions of people will need longer-term care.”
16. Wide shot, press briefing room
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Today, WHO launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative, or PRET. The acronym is deliberate: “prêt” means “ready” in French. Rather than focusing on specific pathogens or diseases, PRET takes an integrated approach to pandemic planning by focusing on groups of pathogens and the systems they affect. To begin with, PRET will focus on respiratory pathogens, including influenza, coronaviruses, RSV, and as-yet-unknown pathogens. Pandemics are, by definition, global events, so PRET is designed to promote collaboration between countries.”
18. Wide shot, press briefing room
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Sylvie Briand, Director, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The specific work we have been doing to start with this initiative is really first to learn the lessons from COVID. Because we have learned a lot during the past three years, and we don't want to lose this experience. Second is to maintain also the capacities that we have built during COVID because these capacities have grown in many countries, especially low and middle-income countries, and we don't want to lose the capacities. And third is really to integrate innovation.”
RECENT – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
20. Wide shot, exterior, WHO Headquarters
STORYLINE
On top of the number of deaths and injuries caused by the conflict, World Health Organization (WHO) expects many more deaths in Sudan due to outbreaks, lack of access to food and water, and disruptions to essential health services, including immunization.
Briefing journalists in Geneva on Wednesday (26 Apr), the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, said that the bloodshed in Sudan over the past 10 days is “heart-breaking in a country whose people have already suffered so much in recent years. WHO welcomes the ceasefire agreed between the parties. We urge all countries to fully respect it. Already, the violence has taken a terrible toll on health.”
WHO’s chief also said, “WHO estimates that one-quarter of the lives lost so far could be have been saved with access to basic haemorrhage control. But paramedics, nurses, and doctors are unable to access injured civilians, and civilians are unable to access services. In the capital, Khartoum, 61 percent of health facilities are closed, and only 16 percent are operating as normal.”
WHO has stocks of essential medicines, blood bags, supplies for surgery, and trauma care waiting for delivery.
“But we need safe access to do that,” explained Tedros.
“As always, the best medicine in this situation is peace,” he stated.
Tedros said, “WHO is also concerned about the occupation of the central public health lab by one of the parties in the conflict. Technicians no longer have access to the laboratory, which means the lab is no longer able to perform its normal diagnostic and reference function. We are also concerned that those occupying the lab could be accidentally exposed to pathogens stored there. WHO is seeking more information and conducting a risk assessment.”
Michael Ryan, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said, “This does represent an attack on healthcare. The occupation of the laboratory denies that service to the hospitals, to the doctors, to the patients. And at this time, our primary concern is the health and welfare of the people of Sudan. And right now, the major danger to the health and welfare of the people of Sudan is lack of access to clean water, lack of access to food. The risk of direct injury with guns and tanks, and other weapons being used indiscriminately in civilian zones. So, when we look at the major risk to the civilian population of Sudan, they are the risks.”
Regarding COVID, WHO’s Director-General, said, “We’re very encouraged by the sustained decline in reported deaths from COVID-19, which have dropped 95 percent since the beginning of this year. However, some countries are seeing increases, and over the past four weeks, 14 thousand people lost their lives to this disease. An estimated one in 10 infections results in Post COVID-19 condition, suggesting that hundreds of millions of people will need longer-term care.”
He also announced, “Today, WHO launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative, or PRET. The acronym is deliberate: “prêt” means “ready” in French. Rather than focusing on specific pathogens or diseases, PRET takes an integrated approach to pandemic planning by focusing on groups of pathogens and the systems they affect. To begin with, PRET will focus on respiratory pathogens, including influenza, coronaviruses, RSV, and as-yet-unknown pathogens. Pandemics are, by definition, global events, so PRET is designed to promote collaboration between countries.”
Sylvie Briand, Director of WHO’s Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, said, “The specific work we have been doing to start with this initiative is really first to learn the lessons from COVID. Because we have learned a lot during the past three years, and we don't want to lose this experience. Second is to maintain also the capacities that we have built during COVID because these capacities have grown in many countries, especially low and middle-income countries, and we don't want to lose the capacities. And third is really to integrate innovation.”
Briefing journalists in Geneva on Wednesday (26 Apr), the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, said that the bloodshed in Sudan over the past 10 days is “heart-breaking in a country whose people have already suffered so much in recent years. WHO welcomes the ceasefire agreed between the parties. We urge all countries to fully respect it. Already, the violence has taken a terrible toll on health.”
WHO’s chief also said, “WHO estimates that one-quarter of the lives lost so far could be have been saved with access to basic haemorrhage control. But paramedics, nurses, and doctors are unable to access injured civilians, and civilians are unable to access services. In the capital, Khartoum, 61 percent of health facilities are closed, and only 16 percent are operating as normal.”
WHO has stocks of essential medicines, blood bags, supplies for surgery, and trauma care waiting for delivery.
“But we need safe access to do that,” explained Tedros.
“As always, the best medicine in this situation is peace,” he stated.
Tedros said, “WHO is also concerned about the occupation of the central public health lab by one of the parties in the conflict. Technicians no longer have access to the laboratory, which means the lab is no longer able to perform its normal diagnostic and reference function. We are also concerned that those occupying the lab could be accidentally exposed to pathogens stored there. WHO is seeking more information and conducting a risk assessment.”
Michael Ryan, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said, “This does represent an attack on healthcare. The occupation of the laboratory denies that service to the hospitals, to the doctors, to the patients. And at this time, our primary concern is the health and welfare of the people of Sudan. And right now, the major danger to the health and welfare of the people of Sudan is lack of access to clean water, lack of access to food. The risk of direct injury with guns and tanks, and other weapons being used indiscriminately in civilian zones. So, when we look at the major risk to the civilian population of Sudan, they are the risks.”
Regarding COVID, WHO’s Director-General, said, “We’re very encouraged by the sustained decline in reported deaths from COVID-19, which have dropped 95 percent since the beginning of this year. However, some countries are seeing increases, and over the past four weeks, 14 thousand people lost their lives to this disease. An estimated one in 10 infections results in Post COVID-19 condition, suggesting that hundreds of millions of people will need longer-term care.”
He also announced, “Today, WHO launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative, or PRET. The acronym is deliberate: “prêt” means “ready” in French. Rather than focusing on specific pathogens or diseases, PRET takes an integrated approach to pandemic planning by focusing on groups of pathogens and the systems they affect. To begin with, PRET will focus on respiratory pathogens, including influenza, coronaviruses, RSV, and as-yet-unknown pathogens. Pandemics are, by definition, global events, so PRET is designed to promote collaboration between countries.”
Sylvie Briand, Director of WHO’s Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, said, “The specific work we have been doing to start with this initiative is really first to learn the lessons from COVID. Because we have learned a lot during the past three years, and we don't want to lose this experience. Second is to maintain also the capacities that we have built during COVID because these capacities have grown in many countries, especially low and middle-income countries, and we don't want to lose the capacities. And third is really to integrate innovation.”
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