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Majority of Australians believe relationship with China improving: poll

STORY: Majority of Australians believe relationship with China improving: poll SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 19, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of briefing 2. various of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Canberra 3. various of Australian Parliament House STORYLINE: A majority of Australians believe the bilateral relationship with China is improving, a poll has found. The poll, which was published by the daily newspaper the Australian Financial Review (AFR) on Tuesday, asked Australians to rate 10 key government areas of focus on whether they are improving, worsening or unchanged over the last 12 months. It found that 54 percent of respondents believe Australia's relationship with China is improving while 45 percent said it was worsening or unchanged - a net positive rating of 9 percent, up from 2 percent in December 2022. Australia's relationship with China had the highest net rating of any area and was one of two are

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Africa CDC calls for robust community health systems to tackle disease burden

STORY: Africa CDC calls for robust community health systems to tackle disease burden DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: MOMBASA, Kenya CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. various of delegates 3. SOUNDBITE (English): HERILINDA TEMBA, Medical epidemiologist with Africa CDC 4. various of the conference 5. various of delegates STORYLINE: Creation of an adequately funded, trained and motivated community healthcare workforce is urgent to help African countries deal with a rising burden of diseases, a senior official from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday. Herilinda Temba, a medical epidemiologist with the Africa CDC, made the remarks at a regional workshop held in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa. She stressed that investments in a robust community healthcare system will enhance the continent's capacity to predict, diagnose and treat diseases. SOUNDBITE (English): HERILINDA TEMBA, Medical epidemiologist with Afr

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Egypt receives new batch of China-donated vaccines

STORY: Egypt receives new batch of China-donated vaccines DATELINE: Sept. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YAO BING, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG TAO, Charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Egypt 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KHALED ABDEL-GHAFFAR, Egyptian Minister of Health and Population 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): HEBA WALI, Head of VACSERA STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YAO BING, Xinhua correspondent "A ceremony of COVID-19 vaccine donation by the Chinese government to Egypt is being held here at the factory of VACSERA, the Egyptian state-owned vaccine producer. During the ceremony today, the automated complex for vaccine storage and distribution sponsored by China's Sinovac will also be handed over to the Egyptian side." SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG TAO, Charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Egypt "The Chinese-Egyptian cooperation on epidemic control, especially in vaccine production, is at the forefront of China-Afr

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Hospital overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts in NE DR Congo

STORY: Hospital overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts in NE DR Congo DATELINE: March 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:00 LOCATION: BENI, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST 1.various of the General Reference Hospital in Beni, DR Congo 2.SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): KAMBALE USHINDI, Patient 3.SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): JUSTIN PALUKU, Patient 3.SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FREDERICO SILVIO MARTOGLIO, Emergency manager of Red Cross in Beni 4.various of Beni, DR Congo STORYLINE: Challenges and deep concerns are growing in the General Reference Hospital in Beni, northeastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts carried out by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). Injured civilians who have barely survived gunshots and machete wounds have been pouring into the General Reference Hospital. The majority of the patients, some with multiple bullet holes on their body, come from surrounding villages and towns in the Beni region, worst affected across the central Afr

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Nicolas Sarkozy attends the 25th Africa-France Summit in Nice

French President Nicolas Sarkozy flanked by his chief of protocol Laurent Stefanini receives Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the opening session of the 25th Africa-France Summit at the Congress Palace in Nice, southern France, on May 31, 2010. This two-day summit attended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and 38 African leaders, is designed to renew Franco-African ties and enlist French businesses in development. Photo by Elodie Gregoire/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy attends the 25th Africa-France Summit in Nice

French President Nicolas Sarkozy receives Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the opening session of the 25th Africa-France Summit at the Congress Palace in Nice, southern France, on May 31, 2010. This two-day summit attended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and 38 African leaders, is designed to renew Franco-African ties and enlist French businesses in development. Photo by Elodie Gregoire/ABACAPRESS.COM

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24th Africa-France summit, Cannes

French President Jacques Chirac and his wife Bernadette welcome Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the official dinner during 24th Africa-France summit, in Cannes, France, on February 15, 2007. Photo by Eric Tschaen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jacques Chirac receives African leaders for the 24th Africa-France summit, Cannes

French President Jacques Chirac welcomes Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the opening of the 24th Africa-France summit in Cannes, France, on February 15, 2007. Photo by Pascal Parrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jacques Chirac receives African leaders for a diner, the day before the Africa-France summit, Cannes

Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, arrives to a diner organized by French President Jacques Chirac, in Cannes, southern France, on the eve of the Africa-France summit, on February 15, 2007. Photo by Ludovic/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan unveils award to honor medical researchers working for Afr

TOKYO, Japan - Alpha Oumar Konare (L), chairman of the African Union Commission, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photos prior to their talks in Tokyo on July 25. Koizumi later announced the establishment of an award named after Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi to honor medical researchers and personnel working for Africa. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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