Source: Famine Early Warning System Network, US Agency for International Development
Country: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Summary
Future Ebola caseloads are extremely uncertain. Based on available information, FEWS NET is using a planning figure of 200,000 – 250,000 cases by January 20, 2015. If this were to occur:
Local markets would likely stop functioning; food shortages would also be likely
Significant drop in HH incomes and purchasing power
Agricultural HHs would rely on their own production although outcomes would quickly deteriorate once stocks deplete, likely in the first quarter of 2015
Emergency (IPC Phase 4) food insecurity by Mar. 2015 for HHs with family members who have been ill or have died from Ebola and poor, urban HHs
Emergency food assistance needs would significantly exceed levels currently planned, funded, and likely
