World Bank Seeks Health Corps as WHO Risks Being Casualty
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While Ebola rages on in West Africa, world leaders are debating ways to snuff out future contagions. The question they’re asking is: How?
The World Bank, headed for the first time by a doctor, wants to create a cadre of outbreak specialists who could be sent anywhere to end deadly epidemics. A similar idea, floated by a World Health Organization panel three years ago in the wake of the swine flu pandemic, didn’t get enough support. The WHO says the idea might not be practical and countries should ideally have the capacity to respond themselves.