Sierra Leone + 2 more

IOM regional response to Ebola Crisis, 9 January 2015

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• IOM is managing three Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) in Liberia in Tubmanburg, Buchanan, and Sinje.

• ETU in Buchanan, Liberia admits first two patients on 24 December.

• A Rapid Health Assessment is being conducted at the request of the Bomi County Health Team in Liberia to identify needs in the 20 healthcare facilities in the county.

• IOM is assisting the Grand Cape Mount County Health Team in Liberia to improve coordination of the EVD response.

• IOM is supporting Active Case Finding in Bomi County, Liberia.

• In December The National Training Academy in Freetown, Sierra Leone conducted 21 courses, training over 1,600 national and international healthcare workers.

• IOM distributed generators, protective supplies and office supplies to Provincial Emergency Operations Centres (PEOCs) in Guinea.