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Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV-R - ZIMBABWE-ALBINISM
HEADLINE: SOS for People Living With Albinism in Zimbabwe
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PUBLISHED: 10/03/2023 at 3pm
BYLINE: Columbus Mavhunga
ASSIGNING EDITOR: Purnell Murdock
VIDEOGRAPHER: Blessing Chigwenhembe
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DATELINE: Harare, Zimbabwe
SCRIPT EDITORS: cobus, MAS
VIDEO SOURCES: VOA, WhatsApp
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TRT: 3:05
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((INTRO)) A charity group in Zimbabwe is raising funds for a basic product that can be critical for people living with albinism – sunscreen. The group called “The Noble Hands of Zimbabwe” released a report in September saying one-in-three people with albinism in Zimbabwe die of skin cancer before the age of 40, including children as young as eight. Columbus Mavhunga has more from Harare, Zimbabwe.]]
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A September report by the charity organization The Noble Hands Zimbabwe says one in three people living with albinism in Zimbabwe die before they reach 40 due to skin cancer.
Now Marvellous Tshuma, a musician with albinism, is helping the non-profit group raise funds for a simple, but life-saving resource — sunscreen.
((Marvellous Tshuma, The Noble Hands Zimbabwe -- Shona/Eng seconds))
“Many people with albinism stay in the rural areas and most of them spend the better part of the day in the sun working in the fields. That exposes their skin and it gets damaged. They don’t have the chemicals to tame the heat so that the skin is not burnt off.”
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Loveness Mainato is a mother of four — two of them are living with albinism.
((Loveness Mainato, Mother of Children with Albinism -- English 15 seconds))
“The sunscreens are expensive, the cheapest being $15 per 200 ml tube. So, it has been quite difficult, to have access to sunscreen lotions.”
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((NARRATOR))
Mainato hopes things will improve now [1:23, do you have a replacement for the breast profile shot? It’s possible the photographer got distracted from the lotion.] that the government-funded University of Zimbabwe is manufacturing sunscreen lotions.
Joey Chifamba is a nano-pharmaceutical scientist and professor at University of Zimbabwe.
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He says their lotion will protect people [1:39 jump cut in the graphic. Can we let the first graphic shot play out?] and cost less.
((Joey Chifamba, University of Zimbabwe -- English, 22 secs))
((Mandatory courtesy: WhatsApp)) or Zoom?
“In Zimbabwe a typical sunscreen — for example leading brands that I can’t mention the names — but they cost between 10 and 20 U.S. dollars per bottle. But our unit of solar guard unit is going for just $5 to $6. /// Which is quite, quite comparable, affordable to people that have albinism.”
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((VIDEO-VOA: Wide shot of Wilkins hospital; close up of Wilkins hospital; close up on Mainato's child; wide shot on Mainato's child; close up of albinism support event; wide shot of albinism event))
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According to the World Health Organization, albinism is a hereditary condition in which little or no melanin is produced causing a lack of pigmentation in the skin, eyes and hair.
Lack of pigmentation, which protects the skin from radiation from the sun, can leave one vulnerable to skin cancer, says the U.N. heath agency.
Dr. Trevor Kanyowa of the WHO in Zimbabwe says they should limit their exposure to the sun and get professional care.
((Dr. Trevor Kanyowa, World Health Organization (English, 30 seconds))
“They are also encouraged look at themselves, to make regular self-assessments of themselves of their skin: are they developing an unhealthy patches, or lumps or something that may worry them?”
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((NARRATOR))
Early detection allows professionals to better treat diseases such as skin cancer, says the WHO, resulting in fewer deaths.
((Columbus Mavhunga, VOA News, Harare, Zimbabwe))
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