NR No: 003 Date: 10/JULY/2023

SHOTLIST: ATMIS medical doctors provide medical screening to IDPs in

Jowhar

DURATION: 2:24

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND

DATELINE: 06/JULY/2023, JOWHAR, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot – Patients wait in line outside the hospital for medical screening.
2. Med shot - Patients wait in line outside the hospital for medical screening.
3. Close up – A patient waits in line outside the hospital for medical screening.
4. Wide shot - Patients wait in line outside the hospital for medical screening.
5. Close up - A patient waits in line outside the hospital for medical screening.
6. Wide shot – ATMIS Sector 5 doctors attend to patients.
7. Med shot - ATMIS Sector 5 doctors attend to patients.

8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maj. (Dr.) Severin Irambona, Sector 5 Medical Officer

“We receive an average of around 80 to 100 patients per week. We always welcome
Somali civilians who come to our hospital for medical treatment. We received
patients with infectious diseases and skin complications, majority of whom are
women and children. We assist local patients and hope to continue doing so, as they
still need our support."

9. Close up – A patient receives free medication from ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctors.
10. Med shot - ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctors attend to patients
11. Close up – An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor attends to patients.
12. Close up – An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor writes a prescription.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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13. Close up – An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor writes a prescription.
14. Wide shot – An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor attends to a patient.
15. Close up – An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor attends to a patient.
16. Wide shot - ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctors attend to patients.
17. Close up – A patient receives free medical consultation from ATMIS Sector 5
medical doctors.

18. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Abdi Yakub Osman, Towfik IDP camp resident
“Today, I came here to seek treatment from ATMIS, thanks be to God I have
accessed the camp and received medicine, and I pray to God that I get quick
recovery. We are grateful of ATMIS for their timely and continuous support.”

19. Wide shot - An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor attends to patients.

20. Med shot - An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor attends to patients
21. Close up - An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor attends to patients
22. Med shot - An ATMIS Sector 5 medical doctor attends to patients
23. Close up – A patient receives free medication from an ATMIS medical doctor.
24. Close up – Some of the prescribed medicines given to patients.

ATMIS medical doctors provide medical screening to IDPs in Jowhar

Jowhar 10, July 2023 - Doctors from the Burundi contingent serving with the African
Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have provided free medical care to
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Towfik in Jowhar town.

Speaking during the medical exercise, held last week, Maj. (Dr.) Severin Irambona,
the Sector 5 Medical Officer, said ATMIS was committed to supporting vulnerable
people in its Area of Responsibility who have challenges in accessing quality
healthcare.

“We receive an average of around 80 to 100 patients per week,” he said. “Today, we
are attending to civilians coming from an IDP camp called Towfik. Every week we
attend to them on Tuesday and Thursday.”

The IDPs were forced to abandon their homes in various parts of Hirshabelle state
due to the prolonged drought that has left hundreds of residents without livelihoods.

“We always welcome Somali civilians who come to our hospital for medical treatment.
We received patients with infectious diseases and skin complications, the majority of
whom are women and children,” said Dr. Irambona.

“We are supporting them through our civil-military cooperation programme”, he added.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
He urged donors to provide more support to ATMIS to enable the Mission hold more
medical screening camps to benefit communities adding that the region was
experiencing a shortage of medicines.

Abdi Yakub Osman, one of the residents from the camp who benefitted from the
exercise expressed gratitude to ATMIS and the Burundi contingent.

“Today, I came here to seek treatment from ATMIS, thanks be to God, I accessed the
camp and was attended to. I pray for quick recovery and I am grateful to ATMIS for
their timely and continuous support,” said Yakub.

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For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube