Dhaka, July 12 -- Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization's (WHO) controversial regional director for the South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been placed on indefinite leave from Friday (July 11) - four months after Bangladesh's Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases against her for fraud, forgery and misuse of power, Health Policy Watch reports.

According to the report, WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus notified staff in a brief internal email that Wazed would be on leave from Friday and that WHO Assistant Director-General Dr Catharina Boehme would "serve as the Officer in Charge" in Wazed's place. Boehme would reach the SEARO office in New Delhi on Tuesday (July 15), Tedros added.

The charges aga...