World Health Organisation was too slow in response to west Africa outbreak, while member states also failed to fulfil responsibilities, according to report
The World Health Organisation lacks the capacity and internal culture to mount an effective response to an epidemic such as the Ebola outbreak in west Africa, according to a searing report that also blames governments for failing to support the group.
The report, led by Dame Barbara Stocking, a former head of Oxfam, was commissioned by the WHO’s executive. It says the organisation was too slow in its response to the Ebola epidemic and that it was under-funded.
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