UNICEF Watch [to 20 September 2014]
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_71724.html

:: Sierra Leone launches three-day, door-to-door Ebola prevention campaign
UNICEF backs nationwide effort to reach every household with lifesaving information
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 18 September 2014 – An ambitious public information campaign aiming to reach every household in Sierra Leone with life-saving messages on Ebola will take place 19-2 September in a bid to reduce the spread of the disease with the help of community members. UNICEF has provided the Government-led campaign with technical and financial support, including information materials.
“We have been sending life-saving messages through radio, TV and print, but it’s not enough,” said Roeland Monasch, UNICEF Representative in Sierra Leone. “We need to take information to where people are.”
The Ose to Ose Ebola Tok initiative, which means ‘house-to-house talk’ in the Sierra Leonean local language, will see over 28,500 trained social mobilizers, youths and volunteers go to door-to-door to reach 1.5 million households and provide them with information on ways families can protect themselves against the Ebola virus disease and prevent its spread.
As Ebola continues to claim lives and ravage communities, reaching the largest number of people with vital advice, information and guidance on preventing Ebola, alongside the provision of adequate medical care, is critical.
“This is an opportunity to hear from families what they want to know about Ebola. If people don’t have access to the right information, we need to bring life-saving messages to them, where they live, at their doorsteps. The fight against Ebola needs to happen in every household, in every community and in every treatment centre,” said Monasch.

:: UNICEF appeals for $200 million for Ebola response in West Africa
GENEVA/DAKAR/NEW YORK, 16 September 2014 – UNICEF said today it needs over $200 million to respond to the Ebola outbreak that has claimed over 2,200 lives and ravaged communities across West Africa. This is part of a broader, six-month appeal for $979 million that governments and humanitarian agencies require to fight the disease.

:: Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on announcement of support for Ebola prevention and treatment by the US Government
NEW YORK, 16 September 2014 – “This is great news for the millions of people in West Africa, particularly Liberia, threatened by Ebola. A rapidly escalating emergency like this requires a massive, urgent and global response.

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