Sierra Leone - Emergency Assistance to Fight the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic

The present emergency assistance for one million USD (USD 1,000,000) is to support the Government of Sierra Leone’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 to develop a coordinated and effective response to the epidemic. The project includes interventions related to five components: (i) Strengthening Epidemiological Surveillance and Laboratory Capacities; (ii) Improving Case Management and Infection Prevention and Control of EVD; (iii) Promoting Social Mobilization, Public information and Communication; (iv) Promoting Psychosocial Support; (v) Coordination, Supervision, Monitoring, Evaluation and WHO Technical Assistance. The project will be implemented for six months starting from 15th August 2014.