Why?
This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of some 8.5 million Swiss francs on a preliminary basis to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the National Societies of Guinea, to scale-up readiness and response to the ongoing epidemic; Cote D´Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, to set-up advanced readiness and preparedness; and Senegal and Mali, to reinforce readiness capacity through light preparedness and prepositioning of stocks. The Appeal aims to deliver assistance to some 424,000 people in the affected area for 12 months, while supporting prevention actions in at-risk areas, comprising 7.52 million people. Other neighbouring countries, such as Guinea-Bissau, may be included following context developments. The emergency appeal will incorporate a Federation-wide approach, which will be based on one plan with response activities of all IFRC membership contributing to the response with an additional Federation-wide planning and reporting requirement. Africa
What?
To scale-up readiness and response to the ongoing epidemicational Societies of Guinea; Cote D´Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, to set-up advanced readiness and preparedness; and Senegal and Mali, to reinforce readiness capacity through light preparedness and prepositioning of stocks
Who?
To be assisted: 424,000 people (affected area); 7.52 million people (at risk areas, including neighbouring countries