Using these variables, it can then predict the result of deploying various drugs, the likely success of methods such as insecticide-covered bed nets that are used to block transmission of the disease, and the probable impact of a vaccine, if and when one becomes available.
It wants to demolish the building instead and replace it with an eight-storey modern apartment block with a total of 24 one and two-bed apartments for rent.
It says the situation has been compounded by the "worst access block" many of its members have experienced, with reduced bed numbers and staffing levels.