WHO’s who

COVID-19 may have made the World Health Organisation (WHO) famous, but an old Ebola outbreak is making it infamous. At least 21 aid workers — both international and local — employed by WHO to fight the 10th outbreak of the deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018 stand accused of serious sexual abuses, including rape. An independent commission set up by WHO this week issued a damning report that may hurt the organisation in more ways than one. One issue that has puzzled the commission is why weren’t there any reports of sexual abuse when there were many victims complaining about it? The independent commission is right to be puzzled. If an organisation has to learn about…