Nigeria - Emergency Assistance to Fight the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic

The present emergency assistance for the amount of one million USD (USD 1,000,000) is to support the Government of Nigeria’s efforts to urgently strengthen its Ebola epidemic response capacity. This outbreak poses serious challenges in terms of human capacity, financial, operational and logistics requirements and threatens national and international health. The emergency situation is beyond the capacity of the government and its agencies to handle without significant support from the international community. This funding proposal will complement the efforts of governments and other partners to mobilize and involve all sectors, including civil society and communities, in the response. The project includes interventions related to two components: (i) Ensuring Adequate Epidemic Preparedness; (ii) Establishing Effective Outbreak Response. It will be implemented for six months starting from 15th August 2014.