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Sierra Leone: Ebola Outbreak Sub-regional Response - Snapshot (As of 22 December 2014)

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Source: UN Children's Fund
Country: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

As of 17 December 2014, there have been 18,569 confirmed, probable and suspected EVD cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and 6,900 deaths.Over 9.4 million children are living in the affected areas in these 3 countries. An estimated 3,492 children have been infected with Ebola, and a far greater number of children have lost one or both parents or caregivers in this crisis.

UNICEF is leading the sub-regional response against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the areas of Social Mobilisation to engage communities to further prevent transmission and stop the outbreak, in the establishment of Community Care Centres (CCCs) to provide care for suspected cases, and to address the enormous child protection needs of children and their families as a results of the outbreak.


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