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At the beginning of the outbreak in Guinea and Liberia, this event was graded as a Level 2 based on the Emergency Response Framework (ERF). On 24 July 2014, the Director-General took the decision, based on the ongoing severity of the outbreak and a report of a case travelling from Liberia to Nigeria, to re-grade the event as a Level 3. In the ERF, a Level 2 event means WHO provides moderate support to the affected countries. With the re-grading to Level 3, WHO��s response is now consider substantial and additional resources must be mobilized. The funding requested in this proposal will enable the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Governments of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to implement their respective operational plans in response to the urgent and immediate needs of West African countries affected by Ebola virus disease (EVD). It will help ensure that critically important activities are conducted as soon as possible in the three affected countries. It will also be instrumental in stepping up preparedness activities in neighbouring countries and in countries where imported cases have been reported. Previously, WHO had issued funding appeals that totaled US$

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