Top international health experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) (from L) Takeshi Kasai, Zhou Weigong and Paul Cox gather at the control room of the WHO headquarters in Manila.
Kasai is accused of racism and abuse by current and former WHO s 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 U.N.
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.
Two of the authors said more than 30 staffers were involved in writing it, and that it reflected the experiences of more than 50 people.The internal complaint and the email describe a "toxic atmosphere" with "a culture of systemic bullying and public ridiculing" at WHO’s Western Pacific headquarters in Manila, led by Dr.