Dhaka: The World Health Organisation (WHO) lacks the ‘capacity and culture’ to deal with global health emergencies, said the head of a new independent report on Ebola, reported the BBC.

Dame Barbara Stocking said WHO failed in its handling of the deadly disease outbreak, which has killed more than 11,000 people, mostly in West Africa.

But the ex-head of Oxfam added that WHO is not solely to blame.

The whole humanitarian system lacked foresight, she said.

The full report, commissioned by WHO, will be published later on Tuesday, the BBC said.

The WHO has set out plans for reform, admitting that it was too slow to respond to the deadly Ebola outbreak that began in 2013.

In August 2014, the WHO declared it a public health emergency of international concern. By that point, more than 1,000 people had died of the virus.