Médecins Sans Frontières - Indoor residual spraying in Burundi

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB69007

Date taken / Date Recorded 21/04/2021 6:56 PM

Country Burundi

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Richard MALIKONGE

Copyright Richard MALIKONGE

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Additional Information / Shotlist 00:00 TEXT: MSF is fighting the spread of malaria in Burundi, attacking the disease at its source:
mosquitoes.

00:16 Jeanine: I have seen many people die from malaria.

00:21 I said to myself, “I have to be part of the solution.”

00:26 We’re going to take a step forward. While my colleagues work in the hospital, we’re also working on prevention, so we can reduce the number of patients with malaria.

00:40 I am Jeanine Arakaza, supervisor for MSF's home mosquito spraying activities.

00:49 Today, we'll finish the two districts from yesterday.

Let's go. Good luck to you all. Have a good day!

00:59 Dr. Hippolyte : Globally, malaria is a major public health problem.

01:09 TEXT: Dr. Hippolyte MBOMBA
MSF Malaria project coordinator, Burundi

Like all other sub-Saharan countries, Burundi has not been spared from malaria.

01:14 Malaria is the leading cause of illness and death among children because children are the most vulnerable group, followed by pregnant women and communities that can’t access medical care.

01:59 Indoor residual spraying, or IRS, is the application of a long-lasting insecticide to a surface, such as the inside of a house.

02:11 Jeanine: Spraying tremendously reduces the number of people with malaria.

02:14 So all the money patients used to spend on treatment at the hospital, they can now use to develop and to feed themselves.

02:25 Benoît: Before that, mosquitoes used to fly like bees.

02:28 Benoît MISAGO, Local resident

02:29 But now, there are no more mosquito bites.

02:35 Jeanine: We have around 662 people working on this project.

02:38 There are 78 teams, with 486 sprayers.

02:49 When people sees us, they ask us to come spray their homes, They say, “we need you, we don't want malaria in our house anymore.”

03:00 It's very encouraging, and I like it a lot.

03:07 TEXT: Jeanine and the teams in Burundi have sprayed over 67,000 homes, bringing months of protection against malaria to hundreds of thousands of people.

Indoor residual spraying in Burundi | ENG

Indoor residual spraying in Burundi | ENG