UNHCR / SUDAN CHILDREN MALNUTRITION
19-Sep-2023
00:05:30
Ongoing conflict in Sudan has overwhelmed health facilities in the country due to shortages of staff, lifesaving medicine and critical equipment, exacerbating current outbreaks and causing unnecessary deaths. UNHCR
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STORY: UNHCR / SUDAN CHILDREN MALNUTRITION
TRT: 05:30
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 SEPTEMBER 2023, UM SANGOUR, SUDAN
TRT: 05:30
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 SEPTEMBER 2023, UM SANGOUR, SUDAN
SHOTLIST
1. Various shot, aerial view of camp
2. Wide shot, women and children sedated waiting in clinic
3. Med shot, sick girl being held by woman 00:33 CS Baby being examined for malnutrition
4. Med shot, women and children at clinic / children eating plumpy nut
5. Close up, various of baby being checked for malnutrition
6. Med shot, women and children waiting at clinic
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Muwonge Nasur Lubega, Public Health Officer, UNHCR White Nile:
“The major conditions that are seen at the health facility include respiratory tract infections, diarrhoea, measles and of late, we are seeing more cases of malaria.”
8. Wide shot, people at the camp
9. Med shot, family during consultation
10. Med shot, Health worker taking down notes
11. Med shot, mother and children
12. Close up, Baby
13. Med shot, various of woman giving blood sample
14. Med shot, various of health worker using test kit
15. Med shot, Health worker and patient
16. Med shot, various of patient receiving medication from pharmacy
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Muwonge Nasur Lubega, Public Health Officer, UNHCR White Nile:
“For 70,000 people in this camp, we are expected to have seven primary health care facilities. We only have one at the moment and therefore additional funding is required to increase the number of health facilities in this refugee camp. Not only this refugee camp, but the whole White Nile refugee operation.”
18. Wide shot, women and children waiting to see doctor
19. Med shot, family at clinic
20. Med shot, women and children
21. Wide shot, family entering the consultation room
22. Med shot, health worker taking down notes
23. Close up, health worker taking down patient's temperature
24. Wide shot, women carrying buckets of water on their head
25. Med shot, water plant
26. Wide shot, water tank
27. Close up, Anas Abo Khalaf, WASH officer, UNHCR taking down notes
28. Close up, old water pump
29. Med shot, Khalaf and colleagues talking
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Anas Abo Khalaf, WASH officer, UNHCR:
“Lack of water will have the camp being exposed to risks and to diseases. The need for water to perform the minimum hygiene activities on a personal level, on a household level, cannot be ignored, cannot be avoided, and is a must to be provided. If we want to minimise the health risks that any community would be facing. The first defense line that you should focus on is hygiene and personal hygiene.”
31. Wide shot, children standing near donkey cart with water tank
2. Wide shot, women and children sedated waiting in clinic
3. Med shot, sick girl being held by woman 00:33 CS Baby being examined for malnutrition
4. Med shot, women and children at clinic / children eating plumpy nut
5. Close up, various of baby being checked for malnutrition
6. Med shot, women and children waiting at clinic
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Muwonge Nasur Lubega, Public Health Officer, UNHCR White Nile:
“The major conditions that are seen at the health facility include respiratory tract infections, diarrhoea, measles and of late, we are seeing more cases of malaria.”
8. Wide shot, people at the camp
9. Med shot, family during consultation
10. Med shot, Health worker taking down notes
11. Med shot, mother and children
12. Close up, Baby
13. Med shot, various of woman giving blood sample
14. Med shot, various of health worker using test kit
15. Med shot, Health worker and patient
16. Med shot, various of patient receiving medication from pharmacy
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Muwonge Nasur Lubega, Public Health Officer, UNHCR White Nile:
“For 70,000 people in this camp, we are expected to have seven primary health care facilities. We only have one at the moment and therefore additional funding is required to increase the number of health facilities in this refugee camp. Not only this refugee camp, but the whole White Nile refugee operation.”
18. Wide shot, women and children waiting to see doctor
19. Med shot, family at clinic
20. Med shot, women and children
21. Wide shot, family entering the consultation room
22. Med shot, health worker taking down notes
23. Close up, health worker taking down patient's temperature
24. Wide shot, women carrying buckets of water on their head
25. Med shot, water plant
26. Wide shot, water tank
27. Close up, Anas Abo Khalaf, WASH officer, UNHCR taking down notes
28. Close up, old water pump
29. Med shot, Khalaf and colleagues talking
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Anas Abo Khalaf, WASH officer, UNHCR:
“Lack of water will have the camp being exposed to risks and to diseases. The need for water to perform the minimum hygiene activities on a personal level, on a household level, cannot be ignored, cannot be avoided, and is a must to be provided. If we want to minimise the health risks that any community would be facing. The first defense line that you should focus on is hygiene and personal hygiene.”
31. Wide shot, children standing near donkey cart with water tank
STORYLINE
Ongoing conflict in Sudan has overwhelmed health facilities in the country due to shortages of staff, lifesaving medicine and critical equipment, exacerbating current outbreaks and causing unnecessary deaths.
According to UNHCR teams in Sudan’s White Nile state, more than 1,200 refugee children under the age of five tragically died in nine camps between 15 May and 14 September, due to a deadly combination of a suspected measles outbreak.
Over 2,600 cases were reported as well as high malnutrition in the same period. There is also a heightened risk of an outbreak of cholera as suspected cases have been reported in other parts of the country.
Across the border in Renk, South Sudan, humanitarian partners report increasing cases of children arriving with measles and high rates of malnutrition in children below five years among new arrivals mainly from White Nile. Reports indicate that malnutrition is currently at twice the emergency threshold. As of the end of August, 178 children were admitted in health facilities for moderate or severe malnutrition, an eight-fold increase before the conflict.
Malaria cases are also on the rise, making up for almost half of all medical consultations in Renk. In Ethiopia’s Amhara region where a cholera outbreak in Metema is fast evolving in sites hosting over 18,000 people who have fled the conflict in Sudan. As of 12 September, eight people died from cholera among 435 reported cases. Cholera vaccine stocks are also running low, putting refugees at risk of further infections.
In Chad, nearly 13,000 children below five were found to be acutely malnourished. In addition, acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, and malaria remain the three most frequent illnesses among children UNHCR, WHO and partners are working to rush in urgent assistance inside Sudan and across borders and prevent more deaths. Food distribution is ongoing and measles vaccinations have been provided for children under five years in the White Nile camps.
Plans are also underway to distribute emergency medicine that was recently flown into Port Sudan. Without urgent and additional donor resources, many more lives are at stake. In Sudan, only just over a quarter of the US $2.6 billion needed for the 2023 Humanitarian Response plan has been received.
In neighbouring countries, just 20 percent of US $1 billion for the Regional Refugee Response Plan has been received.
According to UNHCR teams in Sudan’s White Nile state, more than 1,200 refugee children under the age of five tragically died in nine camps between 15 May and 14 September, due to a deadly combination of a suspected measles outbreak.
Over 2,600 cases were reported as well as high malnutrition in the same period. There is also a heightened risk of an outbreak of cholera as suspected cases have been reported in other parts of the country.
Across the border in Renk, South Sudan, humanitarian partners report increasing cases of children arriving with measles and high rates of malnutrition in children below five years among new arrivals mainly from White Nile. Reports indicate that malnutrition is currently at twice the emergency threshold. As of the end of August, 178 children were admitted in health facilities for moderate or severe malnutrition, an eight-fold increase before the conflict.
Malaria cases are also on the rise, making up for almost half of all medical consultations in Renk. In Ethiopia’s Amhara region where a cholera outbreak in Metema is fast evolving in sites hosting over 18,000 people who have fled the conflict in Sudan. As of 12 September, eight people died from cholera among 435 reported cases. Cholera vaccine stocks are also running low, putting refugees at risk of further infections.
In Chad, nearly 13,000 children below five were found to be acutely malnourished. In addition, acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, and malaria remain the three most frequent illnesses among children UNHCR, WHO and partners are working to rush in urgent assistance inside Sudan and across borders and prevent more deaths. Food distribution is ongoing and measles vaccinations have been provided for children under five years in the White Nile camps.
Plans are also underway to distribute emergency medicine that was recently flown into Port Sudan. Without urgent and additional donor resources, many more lives are at stake. In Sudan, only just over a quarter of the US $2.6 billion needed for the 2023 Humanitarian Response plan has been received.
In neighbouring countries, just 20 percent of US $1 billion for the Regional Refugee Response Plan has been received.
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