Ebola shows WHO needs revamp, says U.N. reformer Rudd


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Nov 2014

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd attends a memorial service for former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at Sydney Town Hall, November 5, 2014. REUTERS/Brendon Thorne/POOL

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) needs reform to prevent a recurrence of crises such as West Africa's Ebola outbreak, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.

Rudd is leading a two-year study to suggest ways to improve the effectiveness of the United Nations system and other global bodies, which are often deadlocked by disagreements between states or hamstrung by their internal bureaucracy.

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