"We must stop this outbreak any way we can. Japan is determined to put forth its best in the fight against the Ebola virus disease.”
(Remarks by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the United Nations High-level Meeting on the Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak, September 25, 2014)
Japan’s new response to the Ebola outbreak
On 7 November, the Government of Japan decided to provide medical and epidemic prevention equipment to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone (USD 4.02 million for each government, USD 12.06 million in total), and to make a financial contribution to the UN Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (USD 5.94 million) with a view to supporting the activities of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER). This new contribution of USD 18 million marks the completion of the allocation of USD 40 million, which was announced by Prime Minister Abe on 25 September at the UN High-level Meeting on Response to Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in New York.
On the same day, the Government of Japan announced to provide further assistance amounting up to USD 100 million in a continuous and timely manner to respond more effectively to the Ebola outbreak, with a view to rebuilding the health system of the affected countries and stabilizing the societies of those countries, in addition to treating the infected patients and stopping the current Ebola outbreak.
On 28 November,the Government of Japan decided to provide approximately 700,000 sets of PPE upon the request from four Ebola affected countries, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Mali . Out of the above, 20,000 sets of PPE will be transported by a Self-Defense-Forces airplane (as part of the Japan Disaster Relief Team) to Accra, the Republic of Ghana within days, where the headquarters of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) is based.
