The current outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa, because of its magnitude, spread to crowded urban areas as well as rural inaccessible jungle terrain, and its span across international borders presents various logistical and operational challenges for an effective humanitarian response.
Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) are rapidly being constructed, and it is expected that within coming weeks, centers accommodating up to several thousand patients will require Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) supplies on a daily basis. In order to ensure that essentials supplies reach the most vulnerable people affected by the outbreak in a rapid and effective manner, direct logistical reinforcement, coordination, and support are necessary.
In all three affected countries, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, WFP, as the Logistics Cluster lead, has been requested to provide Logistics Coordination and Support for the operation. Currently, the Logistics Cluster is providing Information Management and Logistics Coordination to partners involved as well as storage and transport services for medical supplies and humanitarian relief items.
