Citing ‘defining moment’ sparked by Ebola outbreak, UN health agency chief pledges key reforms

The head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today promised a new $100 million emergency fund and a global health crisis workforce as part of a reform package prompted by the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, saying: “I do not ever again want to see this organization faced with a situation it is not prepared, staffed, funded, or administratively set up to manage.”
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news