Suportado ng Department of Health (DOH) ang isinulong ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na pagtatayo ng National Disease Prevention and Management Agency.
Ayon sa DOH, naghain na sila ng panukalang batas sa Kamara at Senado para sa establishment ng Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (PH CDC).
“We saw its urgency with the challenges faced by the country in the COVID-19 response in terms of preparedness and response capacities.”
Sa kanyang State of the Nation Address, sinabi ni Duterte na makakatulong ang pagkakaroon ng estado ng sariling pasilidad na mag-aaral sa disease prevention.
Pero imbis na maging indepent line department, dapat daw pangasiwaan ito ng DOH.
“Establishing a PH CDC will help ensure that the Philippine health system is well-prepared to forecast, prevent, monitor, and control emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases and threats both of national and international concern,” ayon sa Health department.
Dagdag pa ng ahensya, magbibigay diin din ang pasilidad para mapaunlad ang function ng public health, lalo na yung mga naka-depende local level response capacity.
“Its creation will ensure operational readiness for disease surveillance, strengthen epidemiologic reporting systems, increase manpower and technical capacity, and further strengthen laboratory capacity, from the national down to local level, which the World Health Organization (WHO) sees as enabling for timely, efficient, and effective response for emergencies.”
Sa ngayon may mga konsultasyon na raw ang DOH sa stakeholders at iba’t-ibang partners sa panukalang disease prevention center.
Pinag-uusapan naman ang posibilidad na hawakan ng DOH o magkakaroon ng hiwalay na ahensyang mangangasiwa rito.
