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Press Conference Announcement
WHO BRIEFS ON TRENDS OF EBOLA VIRUS OUTBREAK; PROJECTS IN UPCOMING WEEKS
Nearly six months after the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of the first case in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, experts from WHO and Imperial College will brief on their upcoming New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) article outlining the epidemiological trends thus far in the outbreak and project expected case numbers for the coming weeks if control measures are not enhanced
Please note the entire press briefing is under strict embargo until Tuesday 23 September at 06.01 am Geneva time ( to coincide with the NEJM publication)
Dr Christopher Dye, Director of Strategy, Office of the Director-General, WHO and co-author of the NEJM article
Professor Christl Donnelly, Professor of Statistical Epidemiology, Imperial College London, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling and co-author of the NEJM article