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An Evaluation of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's Response to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) crisis in West Africa

An Evaluation of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's Response to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) crisis in West Africa
The evaluation of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ¡¯s response to the Ebola Virus Disease crisis in West Africa assessed three key inquiry areas: partnerships and coordination; learning, adaptation and innovation; and, performance and results of 3 country-specific Immediate Response Emergency Operations, a regional EMOP (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) and 3 regional Special Operations implemented in 2014-2015, which represented USD 442 million in requirements and reached some 5 million beneficiaries in total.

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ demonstrated flexibility, diversity and agility in responding to this complex health crisis, engaging in new non-traditional partnerships in the health, private, logistics and communications sectors. The evaluation concluded that Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ¡¯s two-pronged response of food assistance and common service support, was appropriate and relevant, efficiently scaling-up amidst rapidly evolving needs. Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ successfully filled a logistics capacity gap of the humanitarian community, and its food assistance contributed to the containment efforts.

The evaluation makes 5 recommendations geared to: improve performance by strengthening internal policies, guidelines and systems in emergency preparedness and response, human resources, and monitoring; capture and promote Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ¡¯s best practices; sustain engagement in global supply chain initiatives; adopt a comprehensive and collaborative approach to national stakeholders¡¯ health crisis response capacity strengthening; and reinforce accountability to beneficiaries.