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Conférence de presse de l'OMS : mise à jour sur la situation sanitaire à Gaza - 21 décembre 2023
Conférence de presse Zoom avec des représentants de l'OMS :
- Dr Richard Peeperkorn, Représentant de l'OMS dans le territoire palestinien occupé, s'exprimant depuis Jérusalem
- Sean Casey, coordinateur des équipes médicales d'urgence de l'OMS - appelant depuis Rafah, Gaza
HISTOIRE : Mise à jour sur les soins de santé à Gaza – OMS
TRT: 3:09”
SOURCE: UNTV CH
LANGUE: ANGLAIS
RATIO D'ASPECT: 16:9
DATELINE: 21 décembre 2023 - GENÈVE, SUISSE
LISTE DE PLANS
- Plan large extérieur : Bâtiment de l'ONU avec drapeau de l'ONU, ONU Genève.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (ANGLAIS) – Sean Casey, Coordinateur des équipes médicales d'urgence de l'OMS: “C'est assez insupportable de voir des personnes qui sont déjà victimes de conflits, qui se trouvent dans ce qui devrait être un endroit sûr où elles devraient pouvoir accéder aux soins, où elles sont assises, attendant de mourir à moins que quelque chose ne change radicalement pour leur permettre de survivre. Et cela nécessite un mouvement sûr, une énorme augmentation de carburant, des médicaments, des fournitures médicales, des ressources humaines. Ils meurent de faim. Ils meurent de soif.”
- Plan de coupe : Plan moyen, bâtiment de l'ONU avec drapeau de l'ONU
- EXTRAIT SONORE (ANGLAIS) – Sean Casey, Coordinateur des équipes médicales d'urgence de l'OMS: “Les patients criaient de douleur, mais ils nous demandaient aussi de leur donner de l'eau. C'est assez insupportable de voir quelqu'un avec des plâtres sur plusieurs membres, un fixateur externe sur plusieurs membres, sans eau potable et presque pas de fluides intraveineux disponibles.”
- Plan de coupe : Plan moyen, entrée de l'ONU à la Place des Nations
- EXTRAIT SONORE (ANGLAIS) – Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, Représentant de l'OMS dans le Territoire palestinien occupé : “Plus de 20 000 personnes ont maintenant été tuées dans les hostilités à Gaza. Cela représente en fait presque un pour cent de toute la population. L'OMS appelle à nouveau à un cessez-le-feu humanitaire. Cela est nécessaire maintenant pour renforcer et réapprovisionner les installations de santé restantes, fournir les services médicaux nécessaires à des milliers de personnes blessées et celles ayant besoin de soins essentiels, et surtout, arrêter l'effusion de sang et la mort.”
- Plan de coupe : Plan large, Parc Ariana à l'ONU Genève
- EXTRAIT SONORE (ANGLAIS) - Sean Casey, Coordinateur des équipes médicales d'urgence de l'OMS: “Nous avons traversé la cour où nous avons enjambé un trou causé par un bombardement qui avait eu lieu quelques jours auparavant, en passant devant une rangée de corps enveloppés dans du plastique blanc,”
- Plan de coupe : Plan large, drapeau de l'ONU avec bâtiment du CICR en arrière-plan
- EXTRAIT SONORE (ANGLAIS) – Sean Casey, Coordinateur des équipes médicales d'urgence de l'OMS: “Ce qui serait considéré comme des amputations inutiles dans le reste du monde où il y a la capacité de sauver des membres, où il y a une capacité orthopédique, où il y a une capacité vasculaire, cela n'existe pas. Il n'y a pas de chirurgie en ce moment dans le nord de Gaza. Et donc en fait, beaucoup des patients que j'ai vus hier auront besoin d'amputation si et quand ils pourront accéder à des soins chirurgicaux.”
- Plan de coupe : Plan large, bâtiment de l'ONU
- EXTRAIT SONORE (ANGLAIS) – Sean Casey, Coordinateur des équipes médicales d'urgence de l'OMS: “C'est trop tard. Nous sommes en retard. Il n'y a pas assez de nourriture. Chaque personne à qui je parle, partout où je vais à Gaza, a faim. Le moment est maintenant. Nous traitons maintenant des personnes affamées, des adultes, des enfants. C'est insupportable. Partout où nous allons, les gens demandent même à l'hôpital, je me promène dans le service des urgences, quelqu'un avec une plaie ouverte saignant, avec une fracture ouverte, ils demandent de la nourriture.”
- Plan de coupe : Plan large, allée des drapeaux de l'ONU
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In 2025, for the fourth consecutive year, every major glaciated region on Earth lost ice mass, leading to short-term hazards including floods and long-term water insecurity, according to WMO.
Responding to a question about whether the changing global water cycle might have contributed to the deadly Nepal-China flooding disaster, Ms. Saulo explained that melting ice and rock was just one factor in the chain of events that ultimately sent a massive and deadly wall of water and debris downstream on 26 August, killing at least 1,367 people.
“You asked if it could happen again? Absolutely; the problem in this region is that there’s 63,700 glaciers at the last count,” she told a Press Conference in Geneva. “Even if you’re looking with remote sensing with satellites at these glaciers, you might see some faults, you might see some slight shifting, that does not mean necessarily catastrophic collapse. So, in order to plan for this, it’s very, very difficult. But the international community is looking very hard at ways in which we can bring people together to solve some of these monitoring issues.”
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