UNHRD Operations Update - Response to the Ebola Outbreak, as of 03 February, 2016

UNHRD continues to dispatch operational equipment for its Partners, most recently supporting WHO by sending protective coveralls, gloves and gowns to Guinea and Sierra Leone.

During the worst of the crisis, UNHRD facilities in Accra and Las Palmas served as regional staging areas and the Accra depot hosted UNMEER headquarters.

On behalf of WFP, UNHRD procured and dispatched construction material and equipment for remote logistics hubs, Ebola Treatment Units (ETU) and Community Care Centres. In collaboration with WHO, UNHRD also procured and dispatched equipment to establish camps for teams tracing EVD. Members of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) set-up supply hubs, an ambulance decontamination bay and ETUs.