FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
The president of DR Congo wants “frank” cooperation in a probe of allegations of rape and sexual abuse by World Health Organization workers sent to fight Ebola in the country. “The president of the republic has launched an appeal for a frank collaboration between our national bodies and international ones that will be charged with illuminating this affair,” government spokesman Patrick Muyaya told state television on Saturday.
The report centred on accusations against local and international personnel deployed in the country to fight an Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020.The 35-page report paints a grim picture, noting “the scale of incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse in the response to the 10th Ebola outbreak, all of which contributed to the increased vulnerability of ‘alleged victims’ who were not provided with the necessary support and assistance required for such degrading experiences.
“It is my top priority that the perpetrators are not excused but held to account,” Tedros told a news conference, adding: “This is a dark day for WHO.”
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