IG Story | ENG | 6 | Mobile clinic, interview Medical referent

Interview of Karin Huster, MSF’s medical referent for the mobile clinics and the medical community outreach work, during a visit to the community in the slum of Matope in the Munhava district of Beira city.

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF265785

Date taken / Date Recorded 03/04/2019 12:00 AM

Country Mozambique

Commissioning section MSF-UNITED KINGDOM

Photographer / videographer / producer Pablo Garrigos

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 13s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1920px 16.68 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Karin Huster interview
Project Medical Referent
NURSE
29 March 2019

TRANSCRIPTION

MSF has treated several hundred people suspected of having cholera in Beria City, Mozambique.

[Karin Huster, Medical Referent – MSF ] So today we went to visit an area called Munhava and within Munhava an area called Matope, where it had been reported there quite a few cases of watery diarrhea or cholera.

So from the get-go, the situation I think was pretty dire. There are no roads, there are few water taps, but things are far from being adequate.

So that was before the cyclone. And now with the cyclone, things are even worse. Communication is very difficult. Access is not easy.

Cyclone Idai destroyed water and sanitation systems, creating the dieal conditions for cholera.

Mobile clinics are helping reach more remote communities in need of assistance.

[Karin Huster, Medical Referent – MSF ] We’ve been really busy in the treatment unit, the cholera treatment unit, to take care of cases. But we know that we have to be in the community to prevent more cases, you know, and more buildup of cases of cholera.

It’s very important to be in the community, as with many other diseases. We know that we have to talk with the population, explain what is going, look also at what it is that they have. You know, what is their water situation, what is their food situation, what is their latrine situation?

And then provide them with the health promoters that we have, provide them education on what it is that they can do to prevent having diarrhea, to prevent having cholera, even malaria, because that’s coming.

And then if they do have symptoms of cholera and malaria, where to go to be treated as fast as possible.

For people to have to come, you know, the centers have to be pretty close to where they live, otherwise I will imagine it’s going to be difficult. So there is a network of ambulances or transportation so that they can be taken to a treatment unit or treatment center as soon as possible.