Sunday, April 19, 2015

Ebola outbreak: we simply could not cope, admits World Health Organisation

WHO admits its response was ‘slow and insuffcient’ and plans a to set up a 1,000-strong response team to deal with future emergencies

The World Health Organisation has admitted it “simply could not cope” with the Ebola crisis and pledged reforms to help it tackle a future outbreak.

“We have learned lessons of humility. We have seen that old diseases in new contexts consistently spring new surprises,” said a statement from the WHO’s leadership posted on its website.

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