HIGHLIGHTS
Health officials continue to report increased numbers of EVD cases in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Humanitarian actors report that additional EVD treatment units (ETU) and trained health care staff are urgently needed.
The U.S. Government (USG) continues to provide relief commodities and technical assistance in EVD-affected areas.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
The humanitarian response to EVD is scaling up rapidly as the number of suspected and confirmed cases continues to increase. WHO categorizes Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone as having widespread and intense EVD transmission and Nigeria as having localized transmission.
In response to insufficient ETU capacity coupled with rising EVD cases in Monrovia, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and WHO are working with the Government of Liberia (GoL) Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) to increase the number of ETUs in Monrovia.
On August 25, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Tom Frieden and USAID/OFDA Director Jeremy Konyndyk met with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, as well as other key GoL officials and other international partners regarding current challenges and overall EVD response strategy.
The USG continues to provide requested relief commodities—including personal protective equipment (PPE), water treatment supplies, and body bags—to support EVD response efforts. The relief supplies will be used to support dead body management, protect health care workers, and construct ETUs.
NUMBERS AT A GLANCE
3,069
Total Number of Suspected and Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Cases
U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) – August 26 2014
1,552
Total Number of EVD-Related Deaths*
WHO – August 26, 2014
1,026
Total Number of EVD Cases in Sierra Leone*
WHO – August 26, 2014
1,378
Total Number of EVD Cases in Liberia*
WHO – August 26, 2014
648
Total Number of EVD Cases in Guinea*
WHO – August 26, 2014
17
Total Number of EVD Cases in Nigeria*
WHO– August 26, 2014
*Includes both laboratory-confirmed and suspected EVD cases.