Zimbabwe battles measles outbreak with mass immunization drive

STORY: Zimbabwe battles measles outbreak with mass immunization drive DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:03 LOCATION: CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the clinic ward 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona): RACHEL CHIKOWE, Patient 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Shona): ESTHER MAGWEJA, Local resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TONDERAYI KASU, Director of Health and Environment Services for the Chitungwiza Municipality 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Shona): MERCY CHAMUNORWA, Local resident STORYLINE: Twenty-six-year-old Rachel Chikowe and her toddler lay in bed as they waited to receive medical treatment at a clinic in Chitungwiza, a dormitory town near Zimbabwe's capital city Harare. Her husband, Kudakwashe Nyikadzino, and their visibly worried two other toddlers stood by the bedside. The mother and her three children were unvaccinated and were all infected with the contagious measles virus. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona): RACHEL CHIKOWE, Patient "I was not immunized because of belief. When I fell sick, I asked others and they r