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Hygiene education campaign battles spread of avian influenza in Egypt
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UNICEF's Simon Ingram reports on efforts to raise awareness of the potentially deadly bird flu virus in Egypt.
You're watching UNICEF Television.
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A climb to the rooftops hasn't always been a part of Wafaa Ibrahim's daily routine,
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but for months now it's been here that she's had to keep her ducks and chickens,
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and where she must come to feed and look after them.
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Wearing a mask for her face wasn't always necessary either,
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nor the careful washing routine that she performs before returning to her apartment below.
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But with Egypt increasingly threatened by bird flu virus, Wafaa knows she can take no chances.
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The first I heard about avian flu was on television, when there were cases in foreign countries.
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Then when I heard it had arrived in Egypt, I started taking precautions of my own accord,
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like keeping the birds up here on the roof and making sure the children didn't go near them.
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The additional hygiene precautions that Wafaa now follows
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are the result of awareness-raising sessions like this one in her own home.
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Under a project supported by UNICEF, community health workers go house to house,
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teaching women and girls, who are usually the ones responsible for looking after the poultry,
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how to protect themselves against a potentially lethal virus.
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Simple tools like a flip chart show clearly, for example, the safe way to dispose of dead birds.
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Schools are the other prime focus of the awareness campaign.
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For many Egyptian families, poultry are a vital source of income and nutrition,
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and several children have already fallen victim to bird flu.
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Knowledge is the best way of ensuring that these youngsters stay healthy.
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I know that avian flu, it spreads through migrating birds.
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If someone handles birds, they should wash their hands properly afterwards.
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Despite the growing risks, the breeding and trading of live poultry
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is a vital part of the national economy here.
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And as new cases of human infection continue to surface,
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the awareness-raising campaign is being stepped up across the country,
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recognition of the menace the virus now poses to birds and humans alike.
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This is Simon Ingram in Cairo, reporting for UNICEF Television.
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- Niveles educativos:
- ▼ Mostrar / ocultar niveles
- Nivel Intermedio
- Autor/es:
- UNICEF
- Subido por:
- EducaMadrid
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada
- Visualizaciones:
- 254
- Fecha:
- 29 de mayo de 2007 - 14:47
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Enlace Relacionado:
- UNICEF (United Nations International Chidren's Emergency Fund)
- Duración:
- 02′ 31″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 4:3 Hasta 2009 fue el estándar utilizado en la televisión PAL; muchas pantallas de ordenador y televisores usan este estándar, erróneamente llamado cuadrado, cuando en la realidad es rectangular o wide.
- Resolución:
- 320x240 píxeles
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- 15.16 MBytes
