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THE U.S. PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF
"VOICES OF HOPE – SHORT VERSION"
A Production of Still Life Projects, 2006
Documentary Transcript
OPENING
IN RESPONSE TO THE MOST DEVASTATING HEALTH CRISIS OF OUR TIME, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ANNOUNCED A 15 BILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC IN MORE THAN 120 COUNTRIES.
STATE OF THE UNION, 2003
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH:
Ladies and gentlemen, seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many… and to meet a severe and urgent crisis abroad tonight I propose the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF, OR PEPFAR, AIMS TO SUPPORT PREVENTION OF 7 MILLION NEW INFECTIONS, SUPPORT TREATMENT FOR 2 MILLION PEOPLE, AND SUPPORT CARE FOR 10 MILLION, INCLUDING ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN.
THE EMERGENCY PLAN IS THE LARGEST INITIATIVE IN HISTORY TO COMBAT A SINGLE DISEASE....
FOR MILLIONS, IT'S THE DAWN OF A BRAND NEW DAY.
KAMPALA, UGANDA
DR. PETER MUGYENYI, DIRECTOR, JOINT CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER:
My most important memory of the State of the Union Address was the announcement of the 15 billion. It still rings in my ears because it meant so much to so many people in poor countries.
FOR UGANDA’S DR. MUGYENYI THAT MEANT EXTENDING ANTI-RETROVIRAL TREATMENT AND A NEW LEASE ON LIFE TO 36 THOUSAND MORE PATIENTS.
AMBASSADOR TOBIAS, U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR, 2003-2006:
The reason the Emergency Plan has been able to get traction and accomplish so much in such a short period of time, I could summarize in a single word—people. It’s the individual human beings in the neighborhoods and communities that I have found so striking—people who have so little and are doing so much to reach out and to help each other.
HANOI, VIETNAM
IN VIETNAM, HEALTH EDUCATORS FROM THE HAI AU CLUB, A DROP-IN CENTER FOR DRUG USERS AND SEX WORKERS, WALK INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD MOST WOULD AVOID. THERE, THEY TALK TO DRUG USERS ABOUT HIV/AIDS AND ENCOURAGE CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING AND TESTING.
BROCHURE TEXT CAPTIONED ON SCREEN:
Tests analyze individual HIV infection risk.
LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA
SUPPORTING LOCAL PEOPLE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES MEANS SUPPORTING INCREDIBLY DIVERSE APPROACHES TO THE PANDEMIC.
ERIC WARA, MOBILE VCT COUNSELOR:
We have the belief that very many Kenyans cannot afford the fare to come to VCT sites, so we go out and meet the people where they require the services.
WHILE TREATMENT AND CARE ARE VITAL FOR THOSE ALREADY INFECTED, THE GREATEST NEED IS TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID INFECTION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
MANY NATIONS HAVE ADOPTED THE ‘ABC’ APPROACH – ABSTAIN, BE FAITHFUL, AND CORRECT AND CONSISTENT USE OF CONDOMS WHERE APPROPRIATE. ABC PROGRAMS ARE TAILORED TO THE PARTICULAR ISSUES OF EACH SOCIETY.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IN JOHANNESBURG, THE “MEN AS PARTNERS” PROGRAM USES ABC MESSAGES WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON REACHING MEN, CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS THAT PUT WOMEN AT RISK.
RABU RALETSEMO, MEN AS PARTNERS:
If men understand that they have a role to play in challenging gender stereotypes, they have a role to play by understanding the importance of usage of condom, or promoting abstinence, that helps in reducing the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS.
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
IN DURBAN, MCCORD HOSPITAL'S ANTENATAL CLINIC IS DETERMINED TO STOP THE DISEASE, STARTING AT BIRTH. WITHOUT INTERVENTION, AN HIV-POSITIVE MOTHER FACES OVER A 30 PERCENT RISK OF PASSING THE INFECTION TO HER NEWBORN.
SANDY REID, PMTCT COORDINATOR, MCCORD HOSPITAL:
PEPFAR has honestly changed our lives so much. Because before you gave a result, when you were positive, there wasn’t much could be done. Now I can say, “I can do extra blood tests for you. I can put you on treatment. I can test your baby.” PEPFAR will never, ever know what they’ve done for McCords…never. This is our future South Africa.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
IN ZAMBIA, MEN IN UNIFORM CONSIDER FIGHTING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC THEIR DUTY. THE ZAMBIAN DEFENSE FORCE DRAMA TEAM TRAVELS TO MILITARY UNITS WITH PREVENTION MESSAGES FOR SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
CORPORAL MATENGA OWEN, WARRANT OFFICER:
I want the soldiers to actually walk away with the message that abstinence, self control and discipline at all levels is most cardinal…It’s the biggest battle that is actually before mankind.
FIVE HOURS OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL CITY, 1,300 FEET BELOW GROUND, THE PANDEMIC IS THREATENING MINERS AT KONKOLA COPPER MINES. APPROXIMATELY 18 PERCENT OF THE MINERS ARE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS.
KING, A MINER AT KONKOLA, DOUBLES AS ONE OF ITS 377 PEER EDUCATORS.
KING MUSHANI, KCM HIV/AIDS OUTREACH COORDINATOR, (to miners):
…So we are urging you, we are asking you, we are humbly, kindly asking you, consider going for VCT. Then you will have joined the fight against the pandemic.
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
UNSAFE MEDICAL INJECTIONS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS POSE ANOTHER PREVENTION CHALLENGE. IN THE AMERICAS, GUYANA IS WORKING TOWARD A SAFE BLOOD SUPPLY FOR ITS PEOPLE.
ETON, A YOUNG MAN SUFFERING FROM SICKLE CELL DISEASE, PUTS HIS LIFE IN THE CENTER'S HANDS EVERY TIME HE GETS A BLOOD TRANSFUSION.
ETON LONDON, BLOOD TRANSFUSION RECIPIENT:
Just last evening, I was a recipient of two units of blood; and I feel very comfortable receiving that blood. I can stand here today and speak about it because I know that six months down the road from now, the chances of me actually being tested HIV-positive as a consequence of that transfusion is next to zero.
DR. CLEM MCEWAN, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, GUYANA NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE:
As an impoverished country within the Americas and within the world, we would have been really, really hard pressed to provide the level of heath care and to fight this condition without the contribution from the United States. Because without it, we would have been losing this battle. As it is right now, we are there fighting and winning.
KAMPALA, UGANDA
IN UGANDA, A NATION THAT HAS HAD SUCCESS IN FIGHTING HIV/AIDS, THE EMERGENCY PLAN WORKS WITH PARTNERS IN PLACES AS DANGEROUS AS THE CONFLICT ZONE IN THE NORTH…AND SUPPORTS PREVENTION WITH THE ABC APPROACH IN PLACES LIKE THE NKUMBA PRIMARY SCHOOL.
STUDENTS PERFORMANCE:
Youth, you are important still. Those who are still HIV negative, abstinence is the answer. Say "No!” to AIDS.
ABC WAS DEVELOPED IN UGANDA, BUT EVIDENCE FROM A GROWING NUMBER OF NATIONS, SUCH AS KENYA AND ZIMBABWE, ALSO SHOWS A CLEAR ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ABC BEHAVIORS AND DECLINING RATES OF HIV INFECTION.
STUDENT PERFORMANCE:
We need our rights…We need our chances… to live!
HUMPHREY OKELLO, HIV/AIDS PROGRAM COORDINATOR:
It is helping children, by preaching preventive measures that are aimed at serving the children of this country and the children of this school in particular…because these children are the window of hope for this country.
STUDENT PERFORMANCE:
Tears in the morning, burying our young ones … (inaudible) widows crying and orphans suffering.
XAI XAI, MOZAMBIQUE
ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC ASPECTS OF THE PANDEMIC IS THE LARGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BEING LEFT BEHIND. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 CHILDREN ARE ORPHANED BY AIDS EACH DAY.
NILSA AND CELSA BURIED THEIR FATHER FOUR YEARS AGO. THE GIRLS THEN CARED FOR THEIR DYING MOTHER UNTIL RECENTLY, WHEN AIDS TOOK HER, LEAVING THEM WITH ONLY EACH OTHER. NILSA AND CELSA ARE BEING CARED FOR BY A VOLUNTEER WITH A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION.
ITELVINA TEMBE, ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN WORKER:
When we found the girls, their mother was still alive, but she was already having signs of failing health. A World Relief volunteer helped care for their mother. They showed her how she could prepare for the children’s future.
KENYA
OVER 80 PERCENT OF PEPFAR’S PARTNERS ARE INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS WITH DEEP ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, COMMUNITY- AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS PLAY A KEY ROLE.
AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL, U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR:
In Kenya, 40 to 50 percent of health care is provided by faith-based organizations, and in the Coptic Church, the effect on people is breathtaking. The hope that’s been created, the compassionate care that’s been delivered—it is transforming the continent of Africa.
THE COPTIC MISSION HAS BEEN SERVING COMMUNITIES IN KENYA FOR FORTY YEARS, AND MOST RECENTLY OPENED AN HIV/AIDS CLINIC ON ITS CAMPUS, APPROPRIATELY NAMED THE HOPE CENTER.
AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL, U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR:
The Emergency Plan was the first quantum leap in commitment by the American people in HIV/AIDS, to support the fight against HIV/AIDS globally. That was the first part of an ongoing commitment, a commitment that will continue past the first five years. The American people will stand with the people of the world in this fight, until the fight is won.
ENDING MONTAGE
TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, CONTACT:
THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF
www.PEPFAR.gov
THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA
www.theglobalfund.org
THE JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS
www.unaids.org
THE GLOBAL BUSINESS COALITION
www.businessfightsaids.org
CREDITS
PRODUCED BY
Ryan Hill
Josie Swantek
SHOT AND EDITED BY
Ryan Hill
WRITTEN BY
Josie Swantek
NARRATED BY
Lance Lewman
RE-RECORDING MIXER
Benjamin Seaward
MUSIC COMPOSED BY
Lenny Williams
SPECIAL THANKS TO
USAID
The Synergy Project
Tom Walsh
SPECIAL THANKS TO PEPFAR COUNTRY TEAMS
Guyana
Kenya
Mozambique
South Africa
Vietnam
Uganda
Zambia
A PRODUCTION OF
Still Life Projects
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