A WHO statement said the creation of the new Health Emergencies Program was "one of the most profound transformations in the organization's history." "You had great technical people on the ground" in the Ebola response, Aylward said. Aylward expressed hopes to double WHO's emergency response capacity from about 500 people today over the next 18 months. Stung by failures in its response to Ebola, the World Health Organization is revamping how it responds to emergencies to become nimbler, more reactive and more operational in "one of the most profound transformations" ever at the U.N. health agency. He acknowledged the changes would require a "cultural adjustment" at WHO, and said some aspects were already being tried out in the Zika response today in Latin America.

Source: ABC News May 25, 2016 17:13 UTC