Sierra Leone: Funds Needed to Respond to Cholera Outbreak

press release

Freetown/Addis-Ababa/Geneva — Despite the best efforts of the Government and its partners - including the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society - cases of cholera in the country continue to rise. According to latest figures, 217 deaths and 11,992 cases have been reported across ten districts of the country, with half of cases in the capital Freetown.

On 16 August, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched an emergency appeal for 1.1 million Swiss francs (US$1.14million) to enable the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society to strengthen its response to the epidemic, but the level of coverage is still very low.

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