Médecins Sans Frontières - Report :Measles in Yemen (EN)

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF260539

Date taken / Date Recorded 13/01/2019 12:00 AM

Country Yemen

Commissioning section MSF-SPAIN

Photographer / videographer / producer Nuha Mohammed

Copyright Nuha Mohammed/MSF

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Duration 1m35s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 113.68 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Script:
Paul Eze, project medical referent, MSF (in english)
We receive about 25 to 35 measles cases every week, mostly children coming from rural areas

Onscreen text :
Increasing numbers of patients suffering from measles arrive at this hospital in Abs every day

MSF teams across Yemen have seen an increase in measles cases
They treated 1,787 children in 2018

Paul Eze, project medical referent, MSF (in english)
Because of the ongoing conflict, this has had an impact on the health system which has collapsed. As a result, we’ve had the return of vaccine-preventable diseases. Image this, in the 21st century, where some of these diseases have been completely eliminated in most countries of the world. Now we have ongoing outbreaks of measles, we have ongoing outbreaks of diphtheria, And these are diseases that are easily prevented by routine vaccination.

Onscreeen text :
Measles is a highly contagious disease that can cause serious illness and even death
if left untreated

Paul Eze, project medical referent, MSF (in english)
We used to have 4 beds for measles in the isolation room. But now we have 28 beds for measles alone, and the bed occupancy rate is very high. The beds are almost always fully occupied.
This has gone beyond our capacity.

Onscreen text :
In Yemen, vaccination is needed, to prevent further outbreaks of disease such as cholera, diphtheria and measles.