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Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead the panel with former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. Stock Photography.
WHO has announced who will be part of the panel that will be in charge of investigating the organization’s work with the covid-19 pandemic. Members include former politicians and leaders of health organizations.
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will chair the panel investigating the work of the WHO. Together, they presented a roster of eleven other members on Thursday.
– We will learn all we can about the earliest phase of the pandemic, the global spread, the health impact, the economic and social impact, and how it has been controlled and mitigated, says Helen Clark.
Report in one year
The list includes former Mexican President Ernesto Zedilla, former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and former Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio Cárdenas.
In addition to former political leaders, there are also doctors and health workers, such as Sars Zhong Nanshan’s Chinese doctor and professor, a former head of Doctors Without Borders, and two people who have led efforts against AIDS and malaria.
The panel will meet every six weeks from this month until April next year and will present its results to WHO leadership in October next year. The decision to appoint a panel was made by WHO member states in May.
Criticisms of the United States
So far, the pandemic has infected at least 26 million people and caused more than 860,000 deaths. US President Donald Trump has criticized the WHO’s role in the crisis, accusing the organization of being too close to China and not doing enough to question China’s actions when the virus began to spread.
WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus has dismissed the allegations, saying the organization has kept the world informed. On Wednesday, the United States said it would not pay the $ 80 million, equivalent to nearly $ 700 million, owed to the WHO. Instead, the money will go to pay part of the country’s bill to the UN.
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