Médecins Sans Frontières - Nelson Domingos Nuvunga, nurse in Nampula, Mozambique (ENG)

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB173654

Date taken / Date Recorded 25/09/2023 11:36 AM

Country Mozambique

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Pierre-Yves Bernard

Copyright MSF

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

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

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

Duration 2m37s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 279.44 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist . Nelson’s introduction
The impact of climate change affects our lives,

our environment and our quality of life.

2. Nelson’s presentation
Nelson Domingos Nuvunga is a nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Nampula province, northern Mozambique.

3. Image and context
Mozambique is in the top 10 countries most at risk of extreme weather events – cyclones, tropical storms, floods and droughts.
People in Nampula province, who mostly make their living from agriculture and local resources, are far from being responsible for the climate emergency, yet they are already suffering its consequences.

4. Nelson explains
Summers are longer and hotter than ever before. This is the reason for the year-round presence of mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes are the main vectors of transmission of, for example, lymphatic filariasis, malaria and dengue fever.

With rising temperatures, river flows are decreasing more rapidly than ever before.

Water shortages lead to another problem: poor sanitation. People find themselves without clean water and at risk of diseases such as typhoid fever, schistosomiasis and scabies.

5. David explains
David Birkas
Meluli River, Nametil

We see people who come here every day to wash their clothes, to wash themselves, to fetch water for their homes – for their own food, to feed their children, to cook with, to drink. On the other side of the river, cars and trucks are washed. It's very dirty, very polluted.

6. Image and context
Scabies is a contagious skin disease caused by limited access to clean water. It manifests as lesions and itching of the skin, caused by mites.

Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic disease caused by parasitic worms found in contaminated water. The parasite penetrates the skin before migrating to the liver, intestines and other organs.

MSF teams work in Nampula province to help tackle malaria and neglected tropical diseases such as schistosomiasis and scabies, which are being exacerbated by the climate emergency.

MSF teams carry out water and sanitation activities and train local health staff and community members in how to prevent these diseases from spreading.

7. Nelson’s conclusion
We need to act to preserve the health of our planet, for example by investing in renewable energy sources and avoiding the use of fossil fuels, because climate change directly affects our lives.