WHO employees took part in Congo sex abuse during Ebola crisis, report says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an independent commission said on Tuesday. The probe was prompted by an investigation last year by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New […]
WHO head urges world not to drop guard as pandemic still growing
GenevaReuters The World Health Organization urged countries on Monday to press on with efforts to contain the novel coronavirus, noting the pandemic was worsening globally and had not peaked in central America. More than 136,000 cases were reported worldwide on Sunday, “the most in a single day so far”, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]
WHO regrets Trump funding halt as global coronavirus cases top two million
Geneva, Switzerland/Washington DC, USReuters The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday he regrets US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull funding for the agency, but that now is the time for the world to unite in its fight against the new coronavirus. Trump’s move prompted condemnation from world leaders as global coronavirus […]
WHO head defends handling of coronavirus pandemic against Trump criticism; coronavirus latest
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, in response to US President Donald Trump’s criticism and suggestion that Washington could review its funding for the agency. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for unity and a halt to […]
COVID-19 epidemic can be pushed back with concerted approach – WHO
Geneva, Switzerland/London, UKReuters The epidemic of COVID-19 coronavirus infection spreading around the world can be contained and controlled, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, but only with a concerted response by all governments. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced concerns at the growing number of countries with cases, especially those with weaker health systems […]