The World Health Organisation said Tuesday it had appointed its assistant director-general Bruce Aylward to head its overall response to the deadly Ebola outbreak. It also said an independent commission was being created to assess WHO's widely criticised response to the epidemic, after the UN agency admitted last month it had been caught napping on Ebola and pledged reforms to avoid similar mistakes in the future.
WHO chief Margaret Chan "appointed Dr Bruce Aylward as the Special Representative for the Ebola Response with immediate effect and for the duration of the outbreak," spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told reporters.
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