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This revised Emergency Appeal seeks a total of CHF 12,855,909 (increased from CHF 1,366,156) to enable the IFRC to support the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) to respond to the worsening EVD outbreak through delivering assistance and support to some 6,348,350 people, with a focus on information and communication, education, awareness raising, and social mobilization, surveillance, case identification and contact management, case management (including management of dead bodies), psychosocial support, and regional preparedness and response. The revised appeal also covers establishment of an Ebola treatment centre in Kenema district through the deployment of an Emergency Response Unit (ERU).The revised plan reflects an increase in activities (including dead body management) and geographic scope. The response reflects the current situation and information available at this point of the evolving operation, and will be adjusted based on further developments and more detailed assessments.
Details are available in the Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA).
The disaster
- March: Ebola outbreak detected in Guinea
- April: Sierra Leone established National Ebola Task Force. IFRC makes first DREF allocation of CHF 113,217 for preparedness.
- 26 May: First Ebola case reported in Sierra Leone near the border with Guinea, followed by 7 further cases detected. The spread is largely the result of the movement of health care workers while caring for the first cases.
- June: IFRC Field Assessment and Coordination team (FACT) deployed (rapid assessment); IFRC makes second DREF allocation of CHF 114,119 26 June: IFRC launches Emergency Appeal for CHF 880,000.June: 337 confirmed cases, 142 deaths.
- 18 July: IFRC issues revised appeal for CHF 1.36m
- 29 July: IFRC deploys Emergency Response Units for establishment of Ebola Treatment Centre in Kenema upon request from WHO and the Government of Sierra Leone. Extraordinary DREF allocation of CHF 1m to secure the deployment.
- 1 September: confirmed caseload totaling 1,077 with confirmed deaths of 388.Twelve out of thirteen districts affected. 9 September: IFRC issues revised appeal for CHF 12.85 m