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WHO Flu Misconduct Debate Polarising As Independent Review Advances

By Intellectual Property Watch

?Exactly a year ago, a very bad decision was taken? by the World Health Organization that now seems ?unscientific and irrational,? said Council of Europe parliamentarian Paul Flynn in a late June presentation of a new report on the WHO's actions during the 2009 influenza pandemic. But opinions heard at an ongoing review of the WHO?s pandemic response were mixed, with some praising the organisation?s work to protect public health and others critiquing what they say is suspicious secrecy.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on July 07, 2010 (boomark / email).