WEST AFRICA / EBOLA LOGISTICS

As part of the effort to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) airlifted 30 ambulance vehicles yesterday (20 Oct) to Sierra Leone where some 1200 people have died from the disease. Meanwhile, a ship contracted by WFP for the Ebola response (MV Falkenberg) carrying 7,000 metric tons of rice has arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from Cotonou, Benin. It will unload part of its cargo in Freetown before proceeding to Monrovia, Liberia. WFP

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:11
• Production Date: 21 October 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE PREVENTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
• MAMS Id: 1213593

Description

STORY: WEST AFRICA / EBOLA LOGISTICS
TRT: 2.11
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 18-20 OCTOBER 2014, MONROVIA, LIBERIA / FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE

Shotlist

18 OCTOBER 2014, FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE

1. Wide shot, ambulance unloading from plane
2. Med shot, ambulance on the ground
3. Row of ambulances with plane in the back

20 OCTOBER 2014, FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE

4. Wide shot, ship in the port
5. Various shots, unloading sacs from ship
6. Med shot, men piling sacs

18 OCTOBER 2014, MONROVIA, LIBERIA

7. Wide shot, boxes of aid in warehouse
8. Various shots, unloading a truck with aid
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Penner, WFP spokesperson:
“This hub was built by the World Food Programme a few weeks ago and it is already running at full stretch, it works as a kind of giant sorting house for the tons and tons of cargo and equipment that are coming into the airport every day…planes arrive bringing protective gear, medical supplies, food, generators and it’s all brought here where it’s stored in the warehouses and then dispatched to any part of the country wherever is needed, and it is a crucial part of the response because there’s one thing we really need to get right in this emergency and that is getting the right equipment to the right places as soon as possible.”

20 OCTOBER 2014, MONROVIA, LIBERIA

10. Various shots, (night) Emergency Treatment Units construction

Storyline

As part of the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, World Food Programme (WFP) airlifted 30 ambulance vehicles yesterday (20 Oct) to Sierra Leone where some 1200 people have died from the disease.

Meanwhile, a ship contracted by WFP for the Ebola response (MV Falkenberg) carrying 7,000 metric tons of rice has arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from Cotonou, Benin. It will unload part of its cargo in Freetown before proceeding to Monrovia, Liberia.

WFP has distributed food to 534,000 people since April in urban and rural areas, often on the basis of house-to-house and one family at a time.

The 30-day rations were provided through 60 distribution sites, which were each sub-divided on average into five smaller sites to avoid the risks of large crowds.

The agency needs US$179.6 million to provide food and common humanitarian services until February 2015. So far, only $66.2 million has been received.

4,555 deaths and 9,216 Ebola cases have been reported to date by the World Health Organization.