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Health Secretary on swine flu crisis, ADDS military handing out masks
1. Wide of Zocalo square
2. Various of military wearing face masks distributing masks and information leaflets to people in the street
3. Wide of people in square
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Toganel Cornelia, Romanian tourist:
(In response...
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Aid workers say death toll in Angola cholera epidemic exceeds 1,300
Luanda, Angola, Recent
1. Wide shot of city
2. Close up of sign in Luanda
3. Harbour of Porto Pesquero filled with rubbish
4. Child walking in dirt at Porto Pesquero
5. Wide shot of open drain canal in Porto Pesquero
6. Child walking in...
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NICARAGUA: CRACK COCAINE BECOMES EPIDEMIC IN REMOTE EASTERN SHORES
Spanish/Nat
Crack cocaine use has become an epidemic in the remote eastern shores of Nicaragua.
The area -- on a major route for the Colombian drug traffickers -- is isolated and there police are unable to cope with the increasing...
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AIDS expert launches book on AIDS in China
1. Wide of Chinese AIDS expert Dr. Gao Yaojie walking to podium
2. Cutaway of copies of Gao's book on table
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Dr. Gao Yaojie, Chinese AIDS expert: (++non verbatim translation++)
"I want to emphasise the channel of...
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AIDS activists protest at White House
1. Wide shot at rally
2. Close-up of Bush puppet at rally
3. Pan from drummer to wide shot of protester
4. Wide shot of protesters with banners reading "liar" walking towards police officers
5. Protesters walking in front of the White...
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President Barack Obama took aim Monday at the nation''s school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools.
HEADLINE: Obama: Replacing school staff, last resort
CAPTION: President Barack Obama took aim Monday at the nation''s school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change or...
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Aids organisations, voxes in response to Pope comments
South African HIV and AIDS pressure groups reacted to a Vatican statement on Tuesday that said using a condom is a lesser evil than transmitting HIV to a sexual partner - even if that means a woman averts a possible pregnancy.
The...
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World leaders plead for help at first ever UN Aids session.
SHOTLIST: United Nations, NY, June 25, 2001
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN
2. medium shot, flags being raised
3. wide shot, UN General Assembly
4. medium shot, Nigerian president to podium
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Olusegun Obasanjo, President...
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UN: NEW YORK: AIDS ACTIVISTS PROTEST OVER NEEDLE EXCHANGE FUNDING
English/Nat
AIDS activists took to the streets of New York on Monday after a speech made by U-S President Bill Clinton at the United Nations Drug Conference.
The marchers were protesting against a recent decision in the United States...
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WHO Director General visits HIV clinic, bird flu comment
1. Sign that reads (in English): "Ministry of Health, Kibera Health District"
2. Patients waiting
3. World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Dr Lee Jong-wook visiting
4. Various of Lee looking through microscope
5. Exterior of...
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Spread of deadly Ebola virus to Guinea capital raises fears; at least 70 dead
One of the world's most deadly viruses, has spread from a remote forested corner of southern Guinea to the country's seaside capital, raising fears it could spread far beyond the tiny West African nation's borders.
In the first outbreak...
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Bill Gates says foundation will boost funding to malaria programme, comments on Ebola
Philanthropist Bill Gates said on Sunday he wanted to end malaria in his lifetime and would give more money towards that goal, part of his broader fight against tropical diseases that are getting unusual public attention because of the...
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Pneumonia epidemic sweeps El Salvador
1. Various of babies being administered oxygen
2. Man carrying oxygen tank
3. Various of nurses assisting babies at hospital
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Herbert Betancourt, El Salvador's Sub-Secretary of Health:
"Ninety percent of the cases...
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HONG KONG: BIRD FLU VIRUS LATEST
English/Nat
Health officials say that a new strain of the bird flu virus that sickened two girls in Hong Kong is unlikely to break out into an epidemic and is not for now a major health threat.
A special investigation group met in Hong...
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Greenpeace accuse US and Japan of doing private deals
1. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) "Lettuce Lady" walking in lettuce knickers and bra with "go veg" poster
2. Vegetarian activist with poster
3. PETA girl handing out vegetarian food
4. Greenpeace and the Body Shop...
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WHO in swine flu spread warning, China official on vaccine
FILE: Beijing - 15 June 2009
1. Various of bottles in production line at Sinovac Biotech Laboratory
2. Laboratory staff checking vaccines
Beijing - 21 August 2009
3. Symposium of health officials and experts in Beijing
4. Mid of health...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: WORST EVER FLU EPIDEMIC
Russian/Nat
Moscow is suffering its worst ever flu epidemic .
A record number of Russians have been reporting sick to doctors. 40,000 new cases each day are being added to a list with more than 180,000 sufferers already.
According to...
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WHO experts warn of bird flu pandemic
Ho Chi Minh City, 23 February 2005
1. Wide shot of conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Shigeru Omi, Western Pacific Regional Director, World Health Organisation
"We at WHO believe that there is now the greatest possible danger of a...
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THAILAND: ASIAN PACIFIC AIDS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
Aids experts warned governments in the Asia Pacific region to prepare for millions of dead and dying as the Aids virus sweeps through the area threatening social and economic devastation.
Delegates attending the Asia Pacific...
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UN bird flu coordinator comments on Turkey
1. Wide of David Nabarro, UN System Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza talking to reporter at Bangkok's Siam City Hotel
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Nabarro, UN System Senior coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza:...
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WORLDWIDE: EBOLA VIRUS UPDATE
English/Nat
The Zairian government has closed schools and cut incoming flights to Kikwit in a desperate bid to stop the Ebola virus from spreading to central Zaire.
But health experts at the World Health Organisation in Geneva say the...
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Aids conference hears call for new response to pandemic
1. Pan from front of building hosting the 3rd International AIDS Society Conference to wide of entrance
2. Wide of people entering the event
3. Pan showing the conference hall to entrance to one of the forums
4. Wide of one of the...
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Russia - Return of tuberculosis
As the World Health Organisation warns of the return of Tuberculosis in more than 20 countries, post-Soviet Russia struggles to find funds to battle the growth of the disease.
Script:
The growth of TB in Russia is one of the fastest in...
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Mass dog vaccination drive underway to rid holiday island of rabies
5 October 2010
1. Wide of vaccination team catching stray dog in net on beach
2. Various of team member tagging dog
3. Dog being released
February 2010 +Quality As Incoming+
4. Interior hospital, boy with suspected rabies bite on thigh...