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Fri, Sep 26, 2014

Humanitarian Charter 747 Brings 100 Tons Of Medical Aid To Fight Ebola Outbreak

Aid Flight Scheduled To Arrive In Sierra Leone Sunday Morning

A Direct Relief-chartered Boeing 747 departed John F. Kennedy International Airport today with 100 tons of emergency medical assistance for communities gripped by Ebola. The West Africa-bound airlift — the largest to depart the U.S. since the outbreak began — arrives in Sierra Leone Sunday morning and Liberia that afternoon.

As confirmed Ebola cases in the region approach 5,000, with 2,453 deaths reported, the WHO and other public health experts warn of an exponential increase if greater assistance is not provided.

“We must do all we can to prevent further human tragedy caused by this deadly outbreak and help countries avoid an even deeper setback than has occurred already,” said Thomas Tighe, CEO of Direct Relief. “Direct Relief mobilized this airlift in recognition that the failure to act now will make the crisis all the more severe.”

Aid efforts to increase the flow of resources into the Ebola-affected areas have been limited by several factors that have arisen since the outbreak’s spread: commercial passenger and cargo flights have been severely restricted, prices have spiked on the few remaining commercial transport options, and the affected countries have by necessity diverted existing health budgets to combat the crisis, deferring essential action on other health priorities.

Ebola’s effect on regional supply chains is mirroring that of natural disasters – the distribution pipeline for medical essentials has contracted when it should be expanding. In light of the growing crisis and urgent need to replenish medical inventories, Direct Relief made the decision to charter this aircraft in the absence of other viable air transport options.

The shipment, the eleventh from Direct Relief to Ebola-hit regions, contains 9.8 million defined daily doses of medications; enough pre-mix oral rehydration solution (40,200 liters) to supply two Ebola wards for one year; and enough coverall gowns (170,000), masks (120,000), and gloves (2.8 million) to meet the annual needs of approximately 280 health workers.

Each item and quantity in the airlift was shared with respective national Ebola task force members and Ministries of Health, and each end-recipient placed and confirmed orders via Direct Relief’s VAWD-accredited inventory system.

(Image provided by Direct Relief)

FMI: www.directrelief.org

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