Canada and World Health Organization

World Health Organization: International health law experts say Canadas move to stop issuing visas to people from the affected countries contravenes the International Health Regulations IHR , a treaty Canada helped revise after the 2003 outbreak. Earlier this week the WHO asked Canada for the scientific and public health rationale underpinning the decision, according to 660 News. After the meeting, however, both parties appeared to have agreed to an accepted line on Canadas visa restrictions. And while that message seems to imply that the World Health Organization has no problem with Canada restricting travel from the three countries, no one from the WHO would explicitly confirm that on Friday and The Canadian government and the World Health Organization have met to discuss travel restrictions Canada imposed on residents of countries with widespread Ebola transmission, both parties confirmed Friday. In this unprecedented Ebola outbreak, the WHO has repeatedly urged countries not to close their doors to people from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, saying to do so would be counterproductive and could increase the risk of international spread of the disease. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.