The World Health Organisation (WHO) has admitted failings in its duty of handling Ebola crisis, pledging to do better next time in its leadership.
The statement which was released "We have learned lessons of humility. We have seen that old diseases in new contexts consistently spring new surprises," said the statement attributed to the WHO director-general Margaret Chan, the deputy director-general and regional directors.
The statement as seen by Reuters listed eight lessons learned, including areas where the WHO's response to Ebola could have been better, such as information sharing and communication.
It says, "We have taken serious note of the criticisms of the Organisation that, inter alia, the initial WHO response was slow and insufficient, we were not aggressive in alerting the world ... we did not work effectively in coordination with other partners, there were shortcomings in risk communications and there was confusion of roles and responsibilities."
The statement also spells out WHO's reform plans so that it will be prepared for emergencies like Ebola.
It says,"We can mount a highly effective response to small and medium-sized outbreaks, but when faced with an emergency of this scale, our current systems — national and international — simply have not coped."
According to WHO, in summary,Ebola crisis on record, has more than 25,000 cases and 10,000 deaths
The statement which was released "We have learned lessons of humility. We have seen that old diseases in new contexts consistently spring new surprises," said the statement attributed to the WHO director-general Margaret Chan, the deputy director-general and regional directors.
The statement as seen by Reuters listed eight lessons learned, including areas where the WHO's response to Ebola could have been better, such as information sharing and communication.
It says, "We have taken serious note of the criticisms of the Organisation that, inter alia, the initial WHO response was slow and insufficient, we were not aggressive in alerting the world ... we did not work effectively in coordination with other partners, there were shortcomings in risk communications and there was confusion of roles and responsibilities."
The statement also spells out WHO's reform plans so that it will be prepared for emergencies like Ebola.
It says,"We can mount a highly effective response to small and medium-sized outbreaks, but when faced with an emergency of this scale, our current systems — national and international — simply have not coped."
According to WHO, in summary,Ebola crisis on record, has more than 25,000 cases and 10,000 deaths
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