CNN: WHO is under fire after naming Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador
(CNN)The World Health Organization is under fire after it selected Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador.
The public health agency announced the decision this week, saying the African leader will focus on noncommunicable diseases such as heart attacks and strokes on the continent.
Mugabe has long been criticized for corruption and abuse of power, and the decision to name him a goodwill ambassador for WHO stunned health experts and rights activists.
"The government of Robert Mugabe has brutalized human rights activists, crushed democracy dissidents, and turned the breadbasket of Africa -- and its health system -- into a basket case," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, which monitors the performance of WHO, a UN agency that focuses on international public health.
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WNU Editor: Aside from the fact that he is a racist .... 'White farmers' killers should not be prosecuted,' Mugabe declares (News24) .... before Mugabe assumed power Zimbabwe was the bread-basket for this part of Africa .... no more now. High infant mortality rate. HIV and other diseases endemic. Hunger wide spread. And when Robert Mugabe needs medical treatment .... he gets it in Singapore .... Zimbabwe's Mugabe in Singapore for medical treatment- paper (Reuters). This is why this appointment (among many other reasons) is a travesty.
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