HIGHLIGHTS
For the first time since the Ebola crisis peaked, on 19 March 2015, Sierra Leone recorded its first day with zero confirmed cases.
On 20 March 2015, Sierra Leone President, HE Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, announced a three day stay-at-home campaign, from 27 to 29 March 2015, as part of the push to End Ebola. Through World Bank funding,
UNICEF are supporting more than 25,000 social mobilizers over the three days reaching out to communities.Intensified efforts around preparations for back-to-school continues, with multi-sectorial involvement including Education, Social Mobilization, Supply and Logistics, Health, and WASH in order to prepare for the safe reopening of schools.
The national safety net programme has started the payment of cash transfers to 8,280 beneficiaries who have been verified by the community to be extremely poor and affected by Ebola.
UNICEF Sierra Leone requires USD 178 million for its response to the Ebola crisis until end of June 2015. To date, USD 126.3 million has been received – 71 percent of the total.
According to the Government of Sierra Leone, the cumulative number of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases is 8,529, with 3,398 deaths as of 24 March 2015.
