The World Health Organisation - stung by failures in its response to Ebola - is revamping the way it responds to emergencies.
The organisation will become nimbler, more reactive and more operational in "one of the most profound transformations" ever at the UN health agency.
Member states agreed to the changes on Wednesday at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, aiming to streamline decision-making and put logistical and medical teams on the ground faster amid wars, natural disasters and outbreaks of viruses such as Ebola, Zika or yellow fever.
Emergency response chief Bruce Aylward says the changes aim to move WHO away from being a technical and "risk-averse" agency towards one with a "no-regrets approach" that would favour over-deploying resources in emergencies and "peel back as necessary" over not doing enough.
