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UNICEF and Partners Provide Medical Relief to Mothers and Children in Pakistan
UNICEF and partners set up health centers in the NW province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to provide relief to mothers and children displaced by the floods. Shotlist: In the aftermath of the devastating floods that swept across Pakistan, women and children are facing perilous conditions. Flood waters have left behind a trail of colossal destruction affecting more than 20 million people. Collapsed bridges and roads are hampering relief efforts and the worst affected areas are still inaccessible by road. In Charsaddah district, the local high school is refuge to more than 500 displaced families. Nineteen year old Amina has taken refuge in the school with her family. SOUNDBITE (Pushto) Amina " Flood waters entered our home in the middle of the night. We ran to save our lives. We have lost our home. Nothing is left. Now my son is ill. He has diarrhoea and has lost a lot of weight". Amina is four months pregnant and has come to the health center to get medical assistance for her son and herself. The UNICEF supported health center and mobile health teams are providing life-saving vaccinations, checkups and essential medicines to avert maternal and child deaths. The risk of outbreak of deadly diseases is high and women and children are the most vulnerable. The aim is to immunize all children under 5 year old age. Health workers are providing vital information during health and hygiene sessions – how prevent water borne disease and special care during these dire conditions. But the needs are as widespread as the destruction. SOUNDBITE Dr Fazale Akbar, Charsadda District Health Officer, "A huge population is affected. so for the first few days it was very difficult to reach all the areas." Despite the rapid deployment of emergency relief, there is still a shortage of the most basic supplies — shelter, food and safe drinking water and the needs will only continue to grow as the swelling waters move south. It is a fight against time. Fast action is needed to provide life saving interventions And to prevent the loss of even more lives. Shotlist: 1.Wide shot, water gushing the bridge 2. Long shot, flood water in residential areas 3. Med shot, stagnant water with flies 4. Close up, flies on stagnant waters 5. Wide shot, man going in his house filled with flood waters 6. Med shot, People walking through flood waters 7. Wide shot, people walking through water 8. Wide shot, schools being used as shelter, people's belongings sprawled on school grounds 9. Pan left , displaced families in school 10. SOUNDBITE (Pushto) Amina " Flood waters entered our home in the middle of the night. We ran to save our lives. We have lost our home. Nothing is left. Now my son is ill. He has diarrhoea and has lost a lot of weight". 11. Wide shot, Lady Health workers gong inside a class room 12. Med shot, LHW giving TT vaccination to Amina 13. Close up, TT vaccination to Amina 14. Wide shot, TT vaccination to Amina 15. Med shot, Health worker sor5ting medicines 16. Various shots, administering of polio vaccine 17. Close up, measles vaccine 18. Wide shot, Lady Health workers sitting down among women to health session 19. Close up, LHWs disseminating key health messages with the help of leaflets, brochures 20. Wide shot, women and children listening to the health messages during the sessions 21. SOUNDBITE Dr Fazale Akbar, Charsadda District Health Officer, "A huge population is affected. so for the first few days it was very difficult to reach all the areas." 22. Wide shot, families coming inside the school 23. Med shot, women sharing their problems with UNICEF worker 24. Med shot, Injured child with father and brother 25. Med shot, Fazal Muhammad, Leader Boy scouts giving loud speaker announcements about vaccinations and health camp 26. Pan left, families in the health camp check by doctors 27. Close up, newborn in mother's lap Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
