Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur) IHR Emergency Committee
The IHR Emergency Committee for Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur) met on one occasion in May 2018. Based on the advice of the Committee, the reports made by the affected States Parties, and the available information, the WHO Director-General accepted the Committee’s assessment and on 18 May 2018 did not declare the event a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) but provided advice to States.
Statements
Chair
Professor
Robert
Steffen
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers’ Health, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Members
Advisors
Professor Jon S. Abramson
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Brenner Children’s Hospital, Winston-Salem, United States of America
Professor Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga
Directeur d'études, Institut des mondes africains, Paris, France
Dr Joanna Jordaan
Chief, Aviation Medicine Section, International Civil Aviation Organization CANADA
Dr Rinat Maksyutov
Director General, Federal Budgetary Research Institution
Dr Alain Epelboin
Researcher in Medical Anthropology, National Centre for Scientific Research and National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France