beni when shekinah was working as a nurses aide in northeastern congo in january 2019 she said she was offered a job from a world health organization doctor at double her salary in exchange for sex given the financial difficulties of my family i accepted said shekinah 25 who asked that only her first name be used for fear of repercussions she said the canadian doctor boubacar diallo who often bragged about his connections to who directorgeneral tedros adhanom ghebreyesus made the same proposition to several of her friends when a staffer and three ebola experts working in congo informed who management about sex abuse concerns regarding diallo they were told not to take the matter further the associated press has found who has been facing widespread public allegations of systemic abuse of women by unnamed staffers to which tedros declared outrage and emergencies director dr michael ryan said we have no more information than you have however an ap investigation has now found that despite its public denial of knowledge senior who management wasnt only informed of alleged sexual misconduct in 2019 but was asked how to handle it the ap has also for the first time tracked down the names of two doctors accused of sexual misconduct diallo and dr jeanpaul ngandu both of whom were reported to who ngandu was accused by a young woman of impregnating her in a notarized contract obtained by the ap two who staffers including a manager signed as witnesses to an agreement for ngandu to pay the young woman cover her health costs and buy her land the deal was made to protect the integrity and reputation of who ngandu said when reached by the ap both diallo and ngandu denied wrongdoing the investigation was based on interviews with dozens of who staffers ebola officials in congo private emails legal documents and recordings of internal meetings obtained by the ap eight top officials privately acknowledged who failed to effectively tackle sex abuse during the ebola outbreak emails recordings of internal meetings legal documents and interviews with dozens of aid workers and who staffers show who declined to comment on any specific sex abuse allegations or how they were managed and said it had taken steps to address the problem we are aware that more work is needed to achieve our vision of emergency operations that serve the vulnerable while protecting them from all forms of abuse who spokeswoman marcia poole said in an email who emergencies chief dr michael ryan acknowledged in internal meetings that sexual abuse problems during the agencys outbreak responses were unlikely to be exceptional you cant just pin this and say you have one field operation that went badly wrong he said this is in some sense the tip of an iceberg as who struggled to control spiraling ebola cases in congo in early 2019 emergency operations manager dr michel yao received an email with the subject line private chat we cannot afford to have