EU suspends funding to WHO programmes in Congo after sex scandal

The EU funding suspension raises diplomatic pressure on the WHO and its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to take further action on the documented violations and management negligence, and to prevent it from happening again anywhere.

The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organisation's programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to concerns over the UN agency's handling of the sexual abuse scandal .