WHO lapses laid bare in DRC sexual abuse
BRAZZAVILLE – Independent investigators mandated by the World Health Organisation to probe allegations of sexual abuse by its staff in the DR Congo cited “clear structural failures” and “individual negligence” in a report released on Tuesday.
The abuses were committed by personnel hired locally as well as members of international teams in the country to fight an Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020.
The commission interviewed dozens of women who were offered work in exchange for sex, or who were victims of rape. – AFP/REUTERS
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