usaid, through ofda, leads the u.s. government response to natural and man- made disasters...
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•USAID, through OFDA, leads the U.S. Government response to natural and man-made disasters internationally.
•Created in 1964 after the U.S. response to an earthquake in the former Yugoslavia and a volcanic eruption in Costa Rica were less than effective.
•USAID Administrator is designated by the President as the Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance (IDA).
What is OFDA?
OFDA At a Glance
OFDA FAST FACTS – FY 2014Number of OFDA disaster responses
41
Number of countries that received OFDA disaster support
36
OFDA's humanitarian assistance
$1.1 billion *
Most frequent disaster Complex Emergency
Most funded sector Logistics and Relief Commodities
Four Key Goals:• Controlling the epidemic at its source
• Mitigating second-order impacts, including blunting
the economic, social and political tolls
• Engaging and coordinating with a broader global
audience
• Fortifying global health security infrastructure in the
region
USG Ebola Strategy
USG Agencies
CDC• Deploying staff to the region to support health care
facilities, laboratories, local officials, etc. • Assisting with exit screening and communication efforts• Enhancing surveillance and laboratory testing capacity• Working with OFDA to expand Liberia’s emergency
management capacity by establishing a permanent
emergency operations center facility in Monrovia
DoD• Construct Ebola Treatment Units
USG’s EVD Response
UN Agencies and International Donors
NGO Partners
OFDA’s EVD Response
• OFDA’s ebola response started in June.
• OFDA deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team to the field and started a Response Management Team in August.
• Additional staff deployments in September as necessary
The DART/RMT’s Job:• Planning
– Develop Strategy– Prioritize– Coordinate– Fund– Share Information
• Operations– Staffing– Communications– Logistics – Safety and Security
OFDA’s EVD Response
OFDA’s EVD Response
The DART/RMT’s Job:• Planning
– Develop Strategy– Prioritize– Coordinate– Fund– Share Information
OFDA’s EVD Response
The DART/RMT’s Job:• Operations
– Staffing– Communications
USG Personnel Deployed for EVD Response Efforts*
Agency Guinea Liberia Sierra Leone Ghana
TOTAL USG 27 1,165 69 2
OFDA DART 3 19 4 1
* As of November 10, 2014
OFDA’s EVD Response
The DART/RMT’s Job:• Operations
– Logistics• Procurement• Transport
OFDA’s EVD Response
The DART/RMT’s Job:• Operations
– Safety and Security• Pre-deployment• During deployment• Post-deployment
OFDA’s NGO Programs:• Community Care Campaigns:
– provides communities and households with protection kits, appropriate information and training on how to protect themselves and their loved ones
OFDA’s EVD Response
• Conducting contact-tracing trainings and activities• Building Ebola Treatment Units• Dead body management, safe burials• Infection prevention and control training • Community mobilization efforts through radio and
television broadcasts, training volunteers on awareness-raising, and house to house health promotion campaigns
Other Activities:
• Procuring and delivering supplies: – home health care kits, – body bags, – personal protective equipment, – mobile laboratories, – relief commodities and plastic sheeting– medical supplies, – generators, – water treatment units and portable water tanks
OFDA’s EVD Response
OFDA Funding to Date: $172.8 million
• Regional Support: $13.8 million– African Union, CDC, UNICEF, UNHAS
• Liberia: $137.5 million– 11 NGOs– IOM, IFRC, UN– OFDA commodities
• Sierra Leone $ 10.2 million– NGO, UN, IFRC
• Guinea $ 8.4 million– NGOs, IFRC, UN
• Program Support $ 2.7 million
OFDA’s EVD Response
Other USG Funding to Date:
• USAID/Food for Peace $ 20.5 million
• USAID/Global Health $17.7 million
• USAID/Liberia $ 5 million
• USAID/Guinea $ 3.5 million
• DoD $ 170 million
• CDC $ 25 million
OFDA’s EVD Response
Total USG Humanitarian Assistance: $414.6 million
