The Collaboratory hosts weekly community calls to provide situational updates and share the latest analytical work conducted by community members and external experts. To participate in these meetings and access presentation slides and recordings, please register on the Collaboratory, following these instructions and join the Ebola Outbreak Analytics Community.
If you are a member, you can access the materials here:
| Community Call | Topics | Recording & Slides | Publications/ Pre-prints |
|---|---|---|---|
| #15 17 September 2026 | • Situation Update • Data & Dashboards Update Ciara Judge (University of Oxford) & Patrick Mulu (INRB) • Spatial Invasion Risk Modelling Dav Ebengo (INRB) and Cathal Mills (University of Oxford) • Safe Burials and Contact Tracing Analytics Onesime Mbulayi (INRB) | Access recording & slides - Coming soon | |
| #14 03 September 2026 | • Situation Update Boris, Palvin • Estimating the effectiveness of syndromic screening at airports for Bundibugyo ebolavirus disease: Billy Quilty (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany) | Access recording & slides | • Billy J Quilty |
| #13 27 August 2026 | • Situation Update Freddy, Kambale Kavoga (WHO AFRO) • Sub-national heterogeneity in the time-varying reproduction number during the 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, DR Congo Johan Verheyden (Aries Consult, Nairobi) | Access recording & slides | • Johan G.L. Verheyden and Celestin Nzanzu Mudogo |
| #12 20 August 2026 | • Situation Update Freddy, Kambale Kavoga (WHO AFRO) • Ebola burden clusters near mining and insecure areas in Ituri: spatial analysis Freddy Bangelesa (University of Kinshasa, DRC) | Access recording & slides. | |
| #11 13 August 2026 | • Situation Update Freddy, Kambale Kavoga (WHO AFRO) • Ring and community vaccination for Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak response: a stochastic network modelling study Isaac I. Bogoch (University of Toronto, Canada) | Access recording & slides | • Jason R.Andrews et al |
| #10 06 August 2026 | • Situation Update Freddy, Kambale Kavoga (WHO AFRO) • Integrating ecological and anthropogenic risk identifies emerging Ebola spillover hotspots Carla Mavian (Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University South Africa) | Access recording & slides | • Monika Moir et al |
| #9 30 July 2026 | • Situation Update Freddy, Kambale Kavoga (WHO AFRO) • Evaluating the impact of antiviral post-exposure prophylaxis for health-care workers during Ebolavirus outbreaks: a modelling study Charles Whittaker (UC Berkeley Public Health, USA) • Thoughts on an Integrated BDBV Nowcasting/Forecasting Hub Justin Lessler (UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, USA) | Access recording & slides | • Jacob N Stapley et al |
| #8 23 July 2026 | • Situation Update Freddy, Kambale Kavoga (WHO AFRO) • Mathematical Modelling of the 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak: Reconstructing Hidden Transmission and Estimating Key Epidemiological Parameters Beya Benzina and Zeineb Ounissi (Modeling for Public Health team within the BIMS Laboratory at the Institut Pasteur de Tunis) • Real-time modelling of the Bundibugyo epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Pablo Perez-Guzman (Data Management Officer, WHO (GOARN) Epidemiology and Analytics for Response Unit Research Associate Jameel Institute - Keneth C Griffin Initiative for the Economics of Pandemic Preparedness, Imperial College London) | Access recording & slides | |
| #7 16 July 2026 | • Situation Update Freddy, Kambale Kavoga (WHO AFRO) • a Real-Time Evidence Synthesis for Public Health Emergencies: Early Application to the Ebola Outbreak. Steve Kerr (CPC Analytics/WHO Berlin Hub) | Access recording & slides | |
| #6 2 July 2026 | • Situation Update – Ana Hoxha (WHO) • Network-based Modelling of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease Importation and Spread in Uganda Using Displacement Tracking Matrix Flow Data and Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention Compliance Scenarios Abel Walekhwa (Makerere University School of Public Health) • Estimating Importation Risk of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease to Europe Under Different Outbreak Expansion Scenarios Vittoria Colizza (INSERM / Sorbonne Université) | Access recording & slides | • Abel W. Walekhwa et. al • Frederico Fanelli et. al |
| #5 24 June 2026 | • Ebola Genomic Epidemiology to Date: Opportunities, Limitations and Challenges Eddy Kinganda Lusama & Nicholas Loman (INRB, University of Edinburgh, University of Birmingham) • Estimating the Importation Risk of Bundibugyo Virus into the EU/EEA in June 2026 Bastian Prasse (ECDC) • Modelling the Risk of Importation of Bundibugyo Virus into Canada Vanessa Gabriele-Rivet, Rania Wasfi & Michael Li (Public Health Agency of Canada) • Collecting and Standardizing Modelling Outputs with the BDBV Modeling Hub Nick Reich & Justin Lessler (UMass Amherst & UNC) | Access recording & slides | • ECDC |
| #4 17 June 2026 | • Situation Update – Marina McMenamin (WHO) • Estimation of the Size of the Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ruth McCabe (Imperial College London) • Update from the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), DRC Ciara Judge & Dav Ebengo | Access recording & slides | |
| #3 10 June 2026 | • Situation Update – Saliou Diallo (WHO AFRO) • Risk of Cross-Border Spillover from the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Outbreak in Ituri Province, DRC and Its Implications on Preparedness: A Stochastic Modelling Study Isaias Fernandes Có (WHO AFRO) • Estimating the Current Size of the 2026 DRC Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak Sebastian Funk (LSHTM) | Access recording & slides | • Dick Camala et al. • Sam Abbott, Kath Sherratt, Samuel Brand & Sebastian Funk |
| #2 3 June 2026 | • Situation Update – Saliou Diallo (WHO AFRO) • Epiverse R Packages for Outbreak Analytics (Epiverse-TRACE) Joshua Lambert, Andree Vallecam & Abdoelnaser Degoot (LSHTM / Epiverse-TRACE) • Oxford University Estimation of the Potential Burden of Ebola Disease Cases Christl A. Donnelly & Younjung Kim (University of Oxford) | Access recording & slides | • Younjung Kim, Cathal Mills & Christl A. Donnelly(https:// |
| #1 26 May 2026 | • Situation Update – Marina McMenamin (WHO) • Estimation of the Size of the Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ruth McCabe (Imperial College London) • Update from the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), DRC Ciara Judge & Dav Ebengo | Access recording & slides |