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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 14) A top government official revealed on Wednesday the Duterte administration s plan to build an institution similar to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC in the United States.
This information from vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. came after top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci encouraged the Philippines and other nations to invest more on scientific research to fight future global health outbreaks.
Galvez said the government is working to consolidate all state-run medical and scientific research institutions in the country, such as the National Institutes of Health - University of the Philippines Manila and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.
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