WFP EBOLA Response Situation Update
Highlights
The first EVD case was reported in Mali this week, requiring the immediate transport of WHO Personal Protection Equipment from where it was stored in the Logistics Cluster main hub utilising the UNHAS B1900 to transport the urgently required cargo within 24 hours of the initial request.
Work continues on the Forward Logistics Bases across the three affected countries which will strategically position supplies around the country for easy dispatch to health facilities.
A Special Operation Budget revision is currently under discussion.
Numbers
US $22,229,626 has been received for the Common Services SO (26% of total required).
1,371 passengers have been transported by air and 13 MT light cargo .
34, 000 m3 cargo transported by the Logistics Cluster; over 8,000 m3 stored.
681 MT of cargo dispatched by UNHRD