Health issues in Malawi after impact of cyclone
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(18 Mar 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Blantyre, Mozambique - 18 March 2023
1. Various of displaced women from cyclone Freddy drawing water
2. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Elestina Chambo, cyclone Freddy survivor:
“We draw water from the nearby river. The river lies lowly from a nearby a grave yard located a bit high up. In the same area are pit latrines. With the rains, the latrines are filled with water and all that staff is being swept into the river we draw water from posing us a risk of cholera. We also have children here facing a similar risk because they too drink the same water,”
3. Various of displaced women returning to camp after drawing water
4. Wide of Chambo evacuation center in Blantyre
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gomezgani Nyasulu, Disaster Desk Officer:
“To make thing worse at Chambo Evacuation center we have reported today cases of scabies so you would understand how scabies can spread in a place like this and how sanitation plays a role in places like this. We are appealing for any support that anyone can have. It will go a long way."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Zomba - 17 March 2023
6. Various women drawing water from a borehole
7. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Cathelin Tchale, Cyclone Freddy survivor:
“We need these insecticide-treated bed nets. Without them, we will be infected with Malaria. We are aware that Malaria is a dangerous disease. It may look simple when we talk about it buy Malaria can kill both children as well as adults. We are all at risk because the nets that are there are few.”
8. Various of women at Mtonda primary school camp
9. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Flora Samu, Cyclone Freddy survivor:
“Since Monday when we all sought refuge here, we have been surviving on green maize. The children we have brought along are crying because they haven’t had porridge since we arrived. We area asking well wishers to come to our rescue as soon as possible.”
10. Shots of a women in Zomba and her father looking for their belongings on a fallen house
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Zomba - 18 March 2023
11. Wide of Innocent Mvula in his office
12. Close of Mvula's face
13. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Innocent Mvula, District Environmental Officer for Zomba district council:
“We also have issues like there are some people that have been displaced that have noncommunicable diseases like asthma and epilepsy are in our camps. We also have those on ART (antiretroviral therapy). The health issues in the communities are just so huge that they need our intervention from the district council.”
14. Various woman entering pit toilet
STORYLINE:
Cyclone Freddy is gone but the talk about its effects remains. The devastating impact on human lives, environment and infrastructure is deep with most affected households.
Poor sanitation worsened by lack of running water and adequate toilets in evacuation camps is exposing Cyclone Freddy survivors to waterborne diseases, including cholera.
In Zomba, east Malawi, some survivors ahave raised concern on lack of clean water to the extent that some of them are drinking the flooding waters.
Elestina Chambo, a cyclone Freddy survivor at the Chambo Evacuation center, is afraid she may catch waterborne diseases, including cholera, and said that people at the camp are drinking from a nearby river water that is contaminated.
Gomezgani Nyasulu, Disaster Desk Officer for Zomba, said there is an outbreak of scabies in some camps in Zomba including at Chambo Evacuation Center.
Cathelin Tchale, one of cyclone Freddy's survivors, said people are facing Malaria risk because they have few mosquito nets.
She says survivors are living on green maize.
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Blantyre, Mozambique - 18 March 2023
1. Various of displaced women from cyclone Freddy drawing water
2. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Elestina Chambo, cyclone Freddy survivor:
“We draw water from the nearby river. The river lies lowly from a nearby a grave yard located a bit high up. In the same area are pit latrines. With the rains, the latrines are filled with water and all that staff is being swept into the river we draw water from posing us a risk of cholera. We also have children here facing a similar risk because they too drink the same water,”
3. Various of displaced women returning to camp after drawing water
4. Wide of Chambo evacuation center in Blantyre
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gomezgani Nyasulu, Disaster Desk Officer:
“To make thing worse at Chambo Evacuation center we have reported today cases of scabies so you would understand how scabies can spread in a place like this and how sanitation plays a role in places like this. We are appealing for any support that anyone can have. It will go a long way."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Zomba - 17 March 2023
6. Various women drawing water from a borehole
7. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Cathelin Tchale, Cyclone Freddy survivor:
“We need these insecticide-treated bed nets. Without them, we will be infected with Malaria. We are aware that Malaria is a dangerous disease. It may look simple when we talk about it buy Malaria can kill both children as well as adults. We are all at risk because the nets that are there are few.”
8. Various of women at Mtonda primary school camp
9. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Flora Samu, Cyclone Freddy survivor:
“Since Monday when we all sought refuge here, we have been surviving on green maize. The children we have brought along are crying because they haven’t had porridge since we arrived. We area asking well wishers to come to our rescue as soon as possible.”
10. Shots of a women in Zomba and her father looking for their belongings on a fallen house
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Zomba - 18 March 2023
11. Wide of Innocent Mvula in his office
12. Close of Mvula's face
13. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Innocent Mvula, District Environmental Officer for Zomba district council:
“We also have issues like there are some people that have been displaced that have noncommunicable diseases like asthma and epilepsy are in our camps. We also have those on ART (antiretroviral therapy). The health issues in the communities are just so huge that they need our intervention from the district council.”
14. Various woman entering pit toilet
STORYLINE:
Cyclone Freddy is gone but the talk about its effects remains. The devastating impact on human lives, environment and infrastructure is deep with most affected households.
Poor sanitation worsened by lack of running water and adequate toilets in evacuation camps is exposing Cyclone Freddy survivors to waterborne diseases, including cholera.
In Zomba, east Malawi, some survivors ahave raised concern on lack of clean water to the extent that some of them are drinking the flooding waters.
Elestina Chambo, a cyclone Freddy survivor at the Chambo Evacuation center, is afraid she may catch waterborne diseases, including cholera, and said that people at the camp are drinking from a nearby river water that is contaminated.
Gomezgani Nyasulu, Disaster Desk Officer for Zomba, said there is an outbreak of scabies in some camps in Zomba including at Chambo Evacuation Center.
Cathelin Tchale, one of cyclone Freddy's survivors, said people are facing Malaria risk because they have few mosquito nets.
She says survivors are living on green maize.
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Palavra-chave: cyclone freddy
