HIGHLIGHTS
To date, U.S. Government (USG) funding for the West Africa EVD outbreak has surpassed $111 million.
USAID and the U.S. Department of State are providing a $10 million grant to support an African Union (AU) medical mission responding to the EVD outbreak.
The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) has mobilized nearly 200 volunteers to deliver EVD prevention messages in densely-populated areas of the capital city of Freetown, aiming to reach 500,000 people by early October.
As of September 28, all components of the DoD-supported 25-bed field hospital had arrived in Monrovia. A three-person U.S. Public Health Service team plans to assist with establishing the hospital.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
A high-level USG delegation—including Assistant Administrator for USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Nancy Lindborg and DoD Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Lumpkin—arrived in Liberia’s capital city of Monrovia on September 29 to assess ongoing EVD response efforts. While in Liberia, the 10-person delegation is scheduled to meet with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Government of Liberia (GoL) and U.N. officials, other USG partners, and EVD-affected community members.
On September 28, U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) Tony Banbury arrived in Accra, Ghana—the regional hub for UNMEER operations. SRSG Banbury plans to visit Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone in the coming weeks as UNMEER begins operations. UNMEER aims to work closely with regional governments in response to the developmental, economic, security, and social challenges posed by the outbreak.