STORY: Chinese medical team provides free medical services in Cameroon
SHOOTING TIME: July 24-25, 2025
DATELINE: July 26, 2025
LENGTH: 00:02:44
LOCATION: AFANOYA, Cameroon
CATEGORY: HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Chinese medical team providing free medical services
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): MARCELINE MBO, Patient, mother of two sick children
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): MARCELINE MBO, Patient, mother of two sick children
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): ONANA JOSEPHINE MESSOMO, Patient
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): ESSOMBA MESSOMO, Patient
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (French): ONANA JOSEPHINE MESSOMO, Patient
7. SOUNDBITE 6 (French): VINCENT DE PAUL EMAH ETOUNDI, Member of the Cameroonian National Assembly and organizer of the activity
STORYLINE:
The 24th Chinese medical team to Cameroon carried out a series of free clinics this week in Afanoya, a village on the outskirts of Yaounde, capital of Cameroon.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Chinese medical team providing assistance to Cameroon. The Mbalmayo branch of the Chinese medical team hopes to foster friendship between China and Cameroon by holding this free medical consultation event.
The local government organized a grand welcome ceremony for the Chinese medical team, and local people expressed their sincere gratitude to the Chinese doctors.
SOUNDBITE 1 (French): MARCELINE MBO, Patient, mother of two sick children
« I am waiting for Chinese doctors to find the solution to my problems. They help us solve eye problems and toothaches. For the children, they can treat the malaria. »
SOUNDBITE 2 (French): MARCELINE MBO, Patient, mother of two sick children
« I feel reassured and confident that my problems will be resolved. For my children, there is one who has been given medication for deworming. They are professionals in health. »
SOUNDBITE 3 (French): ONANA JOSEPHINE MESSOMO, Patient
« At 5:30 a.m., before 6:00, we were already on our way, among the first ten people to arrive. »
SOUNDBITE 4 (French): ESSOMBA MESSOMO, Patient
« They treated me well, and I was happy in the way they treated me. »
SOUNDBITE 5 (French): ONANA JOSEPHINE MESSOMO, Patient
« I thank them very much, and I thank the entire team who came. »
SOUNDBITE 6 (French): VINCENT DE PAUL EMAH ETOUNDI, Member of the Cameroonian National Assembly and organizer of the activity
« Through what we have done today, we want to participate in this magnification of this effort, this development of Sino-Cameroonian relations and friendship. »
From July 24 to 26, the team provided multidisciplinary diagnoses and treatments to almost 500 people.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Afanoya, Cameroon.
(XHTV)
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