COVID-19 pandemic could be catalyst for much-needed reform of WHO, review panel says Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland GENEVA and LONDON Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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The COVID-19 pandemic could be the catalyst for much-needed reform of the World Health Organization just as the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 forced urgent changes at the UN nuclear agency, an independent review panel said on Tuesday.
The panel, set up to investigate the global response to the coronavirus, said the WHO is underpowered, underfunded and required fundamental reform to give it the resources it needs to respond more effectively to deadly disease outbreaks.
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