WHO staff complaint, email allege racism and abuse in Asia

Current and former staffers have accused the top director of the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific of racist, unethical and abusive behavior that has undermined the United Nations health agency's efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.The allegations were laid out in an internal complaint filed in October and again in an email last week, sent by unidentified 'concerned WHO staff' to senior leadership and the executive board and obtained by the Associated Press.

Kasai is a Japanese doctor who began his career in his country's public health system before moving to WHO, where he has worked for more than 15 years. He is credited with developing the region's response to emerging outbreaks after the SARS epidemic in 2003.

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