LONDON — The World Health Organization said Saturday that it would not explain details contained in an internal document obtained by the Associated Press in which the U.N. health agency said it fumbled early attempts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
In the draft document, WHO blamed numerous factors for the now explosive Ebola epidemic, including incompetent staff, bureaucracy and a lack of reliable information.
“WHO will not do interviews or explain details on this document until it is completed,” the health agency said in a statement Saturday. “WHO believes in transparency and accountability and will release this review when it is fact-checked.”
In Ghana, WHO director Margaret Chan canceled a scheduled news conference. Chan was to attend a meeting of the U.N. Mission on Ebola Emergency Response.
So far, Ebola has been blamed for 4,546 deaths in West Africa out of at least 9,191 cases. WHO estimates there could be 10,000 cases every week by December unless stronger measures are enacted to fight the outbreak.
WHO said in the draft that “nearly everyone” involved in the response failed to notice factors that turned the outbreak into the biggest on record.
In the draft document, WHO blamed numerous factors for the now explosive Ebola epidemic, including incompetent staff, bureaucracy and a lack of reliable information.
“WHO will not do interviews or explain details on this document until it is completed,” the health agency said in a statement Saturday. “WHO believes in transparency and accountability and will release this review when it is fact-checked.”
In Ghana, WHO director Margaret Chan canceled a scheduled news conference. Chan was to attend a meeting of the U.N. Mission on Ebola Emergency Response.
So far, Ebola has been blamed for 4,546 deaths in West Africa out of at least 9,191 cases. WHO estimates there could be 10,000 cases every week by December unless stronger measures are enacted to fight the outbreak.
WHO said in the draft that “nearly everyone” involved in the response failed to notice factors that turned the outbreak into the biggest on record.
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