Background
The current outbreak of the Ebola Virus in West Africa, because of its magnitude and complexity, presents significant logistical and operational challenges for an effective humanitarian response. The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has been assigned the task of the overall planning and coordination, directing the efforts of the UN agencies, national governments, and other humanitarian actors to the areas where they are most needed. The Logistics Cluster, is operating in support of UNMEER and the humanitarian community offering coordination, information and common logistics services.
An Air Coordination Cell (ACC) has been created as part of the Logistics Cluster response to the Ebola affected countries, hosted by UNICEF’s Supply Division in Copenhagen, to facilitate information on airfreight capacity to the humanitarian community. Information shared on a daily basis includes airfreight availability, agency charters, and agencies’ pipeline in order to allow co-loading of flights to speed up the supply and lower the cost.
