Additional Contribution to WFP in Response to the Ebola Emergency (EMOP 200761 & SO 200773)

Progetto concluso

WFP’s Emergency Operation supports the health response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by ensuring the basic food and nutrition needs of patients, families and communities affected by the virus; it is thus in line with Switzerland’s focus to mitigate secondary effects of the Ebola crisis. The contribution to WFP’s Special Operation supports all three areas of assistance, i.e. 1. Treatment and prevention operations to help contain the epidemic; 2. Strengthening to the local health systems; and 3. Mitigating the adverse secondary effects of the crisis, including food shortages.

Paese/Regione Tema Periodo Budget
Africa occidentale
Sanità
Assistenza umanitaria & RRC
Malattie infettive
Aiuto alimentare d’emergenza
Rafforzamento dei sistemi sanitari
01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014
CHF  4’000’000
Contesto

The current outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa is the most serious ever recorded in terms of its geographical distribution, the number of people who have been infected, and those that have fallen victim. The health crisis is having immediate humanitarian implications.

The Ebola crisis is anticipated to carry into 2015, and the full impact of the crisis on food security, livelihoods, and economies is anticipated to be significant, particularly among the most vulnerable population groups.

Obiettivi

The Emergency Operation (EMOP 200761) aims at delivering food alongside the health response in order to prevent the health crisis from becoming a food and nutrition crisis.

The Special Operation (SO 200773) has been established to augment the capacity of the humanitarian response under the United Nations System umbrella, and to support UNMEER efforts to stop the spread of Ebola.

Gruppi target

Emergency Operation:

  • Confirmed/suspected cases in hospitals receiving medical care;
  • Confirmed/suspected contact cases in quarantine/observation;
  • Communities in “hot zones” where availability and access to food is anticipated to have deteriorated.

Special Operation:

 

Wider humanitarian community and government partners as well as beneficiaries receiving assistance.

Effetti a medio termine

Through its Regional Emergency Operation, WFP aims to assist as many as 1.3 million people.

Through this Special Operation, WFP aims to

  1. provide logistics, infrastructural support to UNMEER to enhance the efficiency of the humanitarian response;
  2. provide access to humanitarian personnel to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance and
  3. support strategic management of WFP’s preparedness and response for Ebola and other related hazards globally.
Risultati

Risultati principali attesi:  

WFP aims to implement the following activities:

Under the Emergency Operation:

  • Deliver food alongside the health response;
  • Enhance rations for Ebola-affected people;
  • Scale-up operations.

Under the Special Operation:

  • Establishment of logistics staging areas in Accra, national hubs in the three capitals and forward logistics bases in the affected counties;
  • Provision of humanitarian air services and strategic airlifts;
  • Interagency logistics coordination;
  • Logistics and telecommunications infrastructure;
  • Supply chain capacity augmentation;
  • Strategic preparedness measures.


Direzione/Ufficio responsabile DSC
Credito Aiuto umanitario
Partner del progetto Partner contrattuale
Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite (ONU)
  • World Food Programme


Altri partner

WFP is working alongside national governments, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners.

Coordinamento con altri progetti e attori

WFP will closely work with UNMEER, humanitarian and government partners.

Budget Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF    4’000’000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF    4’000’000
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Fase 69 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014   (Completed)

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