WHO chiefs should be sacked for ebola crisis

The World Health Organisation did not act decisively when the ebola outbreak in West Africa was confirmed in March.

Previous outbreaks demonstrated that the virus is lethal and highly contagious, with the potential for rapid dispersal. So ebola prevention should have been elevated to a priority.

By failing to direct immediate resources last March, WHO director general, Dr. Margaret Chan, allowed time to elapse, so that a small outbreak mushroomed into a wider epidemic, in the absence of full containment.