Shipment delivers 72.5MT of emergency supplies to help contain Ebola outbreak
Following the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Humanitarian (DXBH) has dispatched a fourth relief shipment to Uganda, its third aboard a Dubai Royal Air Wing aircraft, as part of the sustained response to the Ebola outbreak in that region.
The shipment landed in Entebbe, Uganda, carrying 72.5MT of humanitarian cargo, bound for communities across the border. The World Food Programme’s United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (WFP/UNHRD) and UNICEF provided the supplies from their prepositioned stocks in Dubai Humanitarian warehouses.
Relief supplies
The relief supplies included water purification tablets to keep people safe from waterborne disease, mobile storage units and generators to power treatment sites in areas without reliable electricity and tarpaulins to provide shelter for both patients and medical teams.
The shipment also carried data loggers to help health workers track temperature-sensitive vaccines and medicines throughout the cold chain, as well as an ablution unit to support the hygiene standards needed to contain the outbreak.
“Four airlifts in, this operation shows what steady leadership and clear vision can achieve. The United Arab Emirates and the Government of Dubai have made sure that when our partners need to move relief, they can, and that is exactly what a response to an outbreak like this demands,” stated Giuseppe Saba, CEO and Board Member of Dubai Humanitarian.
