KEY POINTS
Sierra Leone commences three-day stay-at-home initiative to reinvigorate EVD response efforts
Liberia and partners sustain cross-border efforts
Key Political a nd Economic Developments
In support of social mobilization and community engagement efforts, UNMEER Sierra Leone Ebola Crisis Manager (ECM), Ms. Bintou Keita was interviewed by the Independent Radio Network (IRN) on 27 March. The ECM provided an overview of UNMEER’s and the global response efforts stressing that UNMEER, AFPs and response partners are providing support to the efforts of the national government and communities to get to and stay at zero transmission. In this regard, Ms. Keita underscored that the current response efforts, including the three-day stay-at-home, are aimed at shaking off complacency, which appears to be setting in and re - focusing the collective goal to get to zero. The ECM congratulated the districts that have achieved zero transmission and urged authorities, communities and partners in those areas to stay the course until Sierra Leone and the affected countries get to a resilient zero.
On 25 March, the UNMEER Guinea Ebola Crisis Manager (ECM) Mr. Abdou Dieng visited Forécariah and met local authorities and partners. The Prefectural EVD Response Coordinator informed that they forecast getting to zero EVD cases by around 15 June, two months later than the Manu River Union (MRU) declared at its Presidential Summit where the Presidents of the affected countries committed to achieving ‘Zero Ebola Infection’ within 60 days effective 15 February 2015.
