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WHO hasn't had new numbers for Liberia since 10/18? (unless I've missed a WHO report somewhere...18 October 2014 by the Ministry of Health of Liberia) Both Guinea and Sierra Leone numbers through 10/22 & 23.
Are cases in Liberia slowing? Are they not being reported? Are interventions working? If so, why isn't WHO stating this also?
There is this Buzzfeed article from a correspondent on the ground.http://www.buzzfeed.com/jinamoore/eb...a-are-dropping.
But some of Liberia?s top Ebola responders say they are more worried about overestimation.
?The estimates we are getting are totally wrong,? said Jallah, at the National Ebola Command Center, ?Not ?probably? higher ? they are definitely higher than the actual numbers.?
In particular, Jallah objected to projections by the CDC and the WHO. Last month, the CDC projected that, with no intervention, 1.4 million cases could be seen by mid-January. And last week, Dr. Bruce Alyward, the assistant director-general of the WHO last week said he expects to see between 5,000 and 10,000 cases a week in the region by mid-December.
?For the WHO, we understand, they want to raise money,? Jallah said. ?But it?s good to raise money while clarifying the facts.
Are cases in Liberia slowing? Are they not being reported? Are interventions working? If so, why isn't WHO stating this also?
There is this Buzzfeed article from a correspondent on the ground.http://www.buzzfeed.com/jinamoore/eb...a-are-dropping.
But some of Liberia?s top Ebola responders say they are more worried about overestimation.
?The estimates we are getting are totally wrong,? said Jallah, at the National Ebola Command Center, ?Not ?probably? higher ? they are definitely higher than the actual numbers.?
In particular, Jallah objected to projections by the CDC and the WHO. Last month, the CDC projected that, with no intervention, 1.4 million cases could be seen by mid-January. And last week, Dr. Bruce Alyward, the assistant director-general of the WHO last week said he expects to see between 5,000 and 10,000 cases a week in the region by mid-December.
?For the WHO, we understand, they want to raise money,? Jallah said. ?But it?s good to raise money while clarifying the facts.
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