The World Health Organization said it had dismissed a senior official over “findings of sexual misconduct” following at least three reported accusations against him in recent years. | AFP
A young British doctor, Rosie James, tweeted at the time that she “was sexually assaulted by a WHO staff” member at the meeting.
Instead, at the time the new allegation emerged against him last October, he had been seeking, with high-level support, to become the WHO’s top official in the western Pacific region, the report said. The Financial Times earlier this month said it had unearthed a third accusation against him, dating back to an event in 2017.It did say that Waqanivalu had remained “on administrative leave during the investigation and administrative process.”
The ongoing WHO reform process comes after the agency faced massive criticism over its slow response to allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers sent to the DR Congo during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak.
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