FrenchieGirl
Senior Moderator
[WHO] - United Nations Regular Press Briefing by the Information Service - 4 August 2009 - [Link may or not work for outside people]
H1N1 Update
Aphaluck Bhatiasevi of the World Health Organization (WHO) answering to various questions by journalists said that WHO had appointed Dr. Mohammed Hassen as WHO Chief for Pandemic, Influenza and H1N1 under the Health, Security and Environment Cluster and that he had taken office this week.
The only global numbers currently available were of laboratory-confirmed-cases and there was no estimates, up to this point, of how many people were really affected. Concerning the modelling of the pandemic, Ms. Bhatiasevi said that there were different groups working on different numbers and projections. WHO was not doing any modelling work itself but was coordinating the network of modellers. The network was comprised of independent modellers and institutions. WHO was looking at the work done by the different and independent modellers to come out with a global projection. That work was currently ongoing.
H1N1 Update
Aphaluck Bhatiasevi of the World Health Organization (WHO) answering to various questions by journalists said that WHO had appointed Dr. Mohammed Hassen as WHO Chief for Pandemic, Influenza and H1N1 under the Health, Security and Environment Cluster and that he had taken office this week.
The only global numbers currently available were of laboratory-confirmed-cases and there was no estimates, up to this point, of how many people were really affected. Concerning the modelling of the pandemic, Ms. Bhatiasevi said that there were different groups working on different numbers and projections. WHO was not doing any modelling work itself but was coordinating the network of modellers. The network was comprised of independent modellers and institutions. WHO was looking at the work done by the different and independent modellers to come out with a global projection. That work was currently ongoing.