<div dir="ltr"><div class="inbox-inbox-region-container inbox-inbox-so-animate" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,HelveticaNeueW02-55Roma,HelveticaNeueW10-55Roma,sans-serif,Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="inbox-inbox-region inbox-inbox-view-mode inbox-inbox-presentation-state inbox-inbox-region-type-button inbox-inbox-so-global-region-button inbox-inbox-so-global-region" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:15px 30px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;min-height:40px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div class="inbox-inbox-button-region" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div class="inbox-inbox-view-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="inbox-inbox-button-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;text-align:center"><a class="inbox-inbox-lp-btn inbox-inbox-lp-btn--primary inbox-inbox-lp-button inbox-inbox-so-global-b1" target="_blank" href="https://www.wwhgd.org/so/3MKVABeP/click?w=LS0tDQpjY2Y2YmEwYy05NDYwLTQzNDMtZjQzYS01NGFmNzkxMGFiMDANCmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lnd3aGdkLm9yZy9kYXRhLWNhbGwtZWJvbGENCi0tLQ" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:10px 30px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px rgba(237,223,235,0.71);color:rgb(3,3,3);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;word-break:break-word;word-wrap:break-word;border:0px solid rgb(3,3,3);display:inline-block;max-width:300px;border-radius:2px;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;min-width:140px">Click here to navigate to the Ebola data call page</a></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div class="inbox-inbox-region-container inbox-inbox-so-animate" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,HelveticaNeueW02-55Roma,HelveticaNeueW10-55Roma,sans-serif,Arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="inbox-inbox-region inbox-inbox-view-mode inbox-inbox-presentation-state inbox-inbox-region-type-text inbox-inbox-so-global-region-text inbox-inbox-so-global-region" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:15px 30px;border:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;min-height:40px"><div class="inbox-inbox-actions inbox-inbox-actions-right" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div class="inbox-inbox-text-region" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div class="inbox-inbox-view-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;word-break:break-word;word-wrap:break-word"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="inbox-inbox-text-display" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><div class="inbox-inbox-lp-font_1 inbox-inbox-lp-style-p1 inbox-inbox-so-global-p1 inbox-inbox-so-global-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;v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