On Monday World Health Organization said that it would set up an independent review of the response by next month to the national outbreak.
After being criticized of its role in declaring the global alert WHO said on Monday that it will set up independent review of the response to the national outbreak.
This international response will be specially inspected by a committee of 29 health experts and scientist. This committee has been formed by the UN health agency.
The first meeting has been planned to be held on 12 to 14 April. Keiji Fukuda special advise on pandemic influenza said that “in depth and broad review into the preparedness and the response to the current influenza pandemic”.
He also added that a better performance of the review will cause less confusion.
This idea would help the experts to determine the issues to deal with and whom to be questioned.
Late January WHO officials have responded to the criticism by promising that it will set up an independent review.
He also said that the virus is still active in the areas of Southeast Asia, west and central Africa and some cases in central and South America.
Swine flu has now reached 213 countries all over the world with more than 16,900 deaths.
Date: March 31 2010 at 05:04 p.m IST
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