evidence: Indian Bar Association Rebukes WHO Chief Scientist Over Ivermectin Guidelines for COVID Treatment 18/06/2021 • Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan The Indian Bar Association (IBA), a voluntary organisation, say it has served a second legal notice to WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan for allegedly "running a disinformation campaign against Ivermectin", after WHO failed to recommend use of the anti-parasitic drug as a COVID-19 treatment – due to a lack of evidence of efficacy. The Mumbai-based IBA sent a 51-page notice to Swaminathan on 25 May, and a follow-up on 13 June, reacting to her statements saying that WHO does not recommend the use of the drug as a treatment for COVID-19, except in the context of clinical trials. A tweet by Swaminathan specifically advising against the use of Ivermectin for COVID-19, which the IBA has called "controversial", has since been deleted.