UNDP's Response to the Ebola Crisis
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- Updated: 18 Nov 2014
#EbolaResponse - undp.org/ebola
UNDP has deployed some extra 130 staff to the three most affected countries to boost the organization’s response and help contain the disease:
In Guinea, we are re-orienting our country programme to help tackle the socioeconomic crisis, focusing on three priorities: community engagement, cash transfers to ensure the continuation of essential services, and assessing the socioeconomic impact of the crisis.
In Liberia, we are training police and security services to secure borders and prevent further spread of the disease in prisons and public areas. We have provided telecommunications equipment to ensure contact between border posts and central command in Monrovia.
In Sierra Leone, we are involved in community engagement, including running public information campaigns on how to prevent infection and where to seek treatment, and procuring basic goods to survivors (kits containing items for personal hygiene, clothes, blankets, mattresses, food).
UNDP is working on plans to make cash transfers available to thousands of affected families. At the same time, our economists are assessing the development impact of the crisis to help drive recovery efforts and make sure communities can rebuild their lives.
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#EbolaResponse - undp.org/ebola
UNDP has deployed some extra 130 staff to the three most affected countries to boost the organization’s response and help contain the disease:
In Guinea, we are re-orienting our country programme to help tackle the socioeconomic crisis, focusing on three priorities: community engagement, cash transfers to ensure the continuation of essential services, and assessing the socioeconomic impact of the crisis.
In Liberia, we are training police and security services to secure borders and prevent further spread of the disease in prisons and public areas. We have provided telecommunications equipment to ensure contact between border posts and central command in Monrovia.
In Sierra Leone, we are involved in community engagement, including running public information campaigns on how to prevent infection and where to seek treatment, and procuring basic goods to survivors (kits containing items for personal hygiene, clothes, blankets, mattresses, food).
UNDP is working on plans to make cash transfers available to thousands of affected families. At the same time, our economists are assessing the development impact of the crisis to help drive recovery efforts and make sure communities can rebuild their lives.
- published: 18 Nov 2014
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