Strapped UN health agency spends big on travel

Despite introducing new rules to try to curb its expansive travel budget, senior officials have complained internally that U.N. staffers are breaking the rules by booking perks such as business class airplane tickets and rooms in five-star hotels.

On a recent trip to Guinea, where WHO director-general Dr. Margaret Chan praised health workers in West Africa for triumphing over Ebola, Chan stayed in the biggest presidential suite at the Palm Camayenne hotel in Conakry.



Since 2013, WHO has paid out $803 million for travel.