As Kids Get Vaccines, School Resumes in Bangui Camps

The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a major vaccination campaign against measles at the airport in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

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2 months ago

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World, Health

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Africa, Disease & Health Conditions

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Central African Republic, Bangui

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SHOTLIST: BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, JANUARY 7, 2014, SOURCE: AFPTV SOUDNBITE 1 Lindis (woman), Coordinator of MSF projects at Bangui airport (French, 12 sec): "We are going to vaccinate all the children. Nobody knows how many children live in the camp, but we think it will be between 40 and 50,000. Vaccination will take place over three or four days." SOUNDBITE 2 Mother of a vaccinated child (Sango, 11 sec): "I'm happy because we just vaccinated my child and without this vaccination he would have had health problems. I give many thanks to this humanitarian NGO." SOUNDBITE 3 Bembissa-Ngaya Hubert (man), instructor (French, 15 sec): "The children have been traumatised by the events that are occuring in this country. We've brought them together to educate them so they don't forget what they learned in school." SOUNDBITE 4 Ngabe Maxime (man), instructor (French, 18 sec): "It's currently a bit difficult because we're working in an environment that's not suitable. Children have to sit on mats and we only have small bags with educational gamesthat were given by UNICEF." -VAR of children getting vaccinations -VAR of the kids learning, the volunteers teaching /// -----------------------------------------------------