West Africa – Ebola Outbreak Fact Sheet #6, Fiscal Year (Fy) 2015 November 5, 2014
WEST AFRICA – EBOLA OUTBREAK FACT SHEET #6, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2015 NOVEMBER 5, 2014 NUMBERS AT HIGHLIGHTS USG HUMANITARIAN A GLANCE ASSISTANCE TO EVD RESPONSE On October 30, the World Bank TO DATE IN FY 2014 & 2015 announced $100 million in additional 1 funding to support EVD response USAID/OFDA $172,757,249 13,015 activities in West Africa. USAID/FFP2 $20,469,521 Total Number of In Guinea, the U.N. Children’s Fund 3 Suspected and Confirmed (UNICEF) plans to construct up to 41 USAID/GH $17,676,000 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) community care centers (CCCs) and USAID/Liberia $5,000,000 Cases in Acutely Affected collaborate with the African Union Countries* USAID/Guinea $3,482,000 U.N. World Health Organization (AU) to train up to 1,000 health care (WHO) – workers (HCWs) to staff the new DoD4 $170,200,000 November 5, 2014 facilities. The Logistics Cluster plans to establish CDC5 $25,036,0006 five regional logistics hubs in Liberia 7 4,808 to increase the U.N.’s capacity to store $414,620,770 USG ASSISTANCE TO THE WEST Total Number of EVD- and distribute personal protective AFRICA EVD OUTBREAK RESPONSE Related Deaths equipment (PPE) and other medical WHO – November 5, 2014 supplies. 6,5 25 Total Number of EVD Cases in Liberia* KEY DEVELOPMENTS WHO – November 5, 2014 On October 31, the Government of Liberia (GoL) officially opened an EVD treatment unit (ETU), constructed with USG assistance at the old GoL Ministry of Defense (MoD) site in Monrovia, with a ceremony attended by GoL President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, U.S.
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