A former secretary of the Department of Health (DOH) and now Iloilo lawmaker wants to limit the power of the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC), an advisory body, to prevent the wastage of Covid-19 vaccines.
A former secretary of the Department of Health and now Iloilo lawmaker wants to limit the power of the Health Technology Assessment Council , an advisory body, to prevent the wastage of Covid-19 vaccines.
Garin blamed the HTAC for the wastage of 31 million Covid-19 shots worth P15.6 billion. It is HTAC that gives recommendations to the national government when to use certain vaccines and medicines. Despite the urgency, Garin said it took time for HTAC before the body allowed the use of the Covid-19 vaccines as first and second booster shots.
The HTAC is an independent advisory body created under the Republic Act 11223, otherwise known as the Universal Health Care Act, with the overall role of providing guidance to the DOH and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation interventions and technologies to be funded by the government.
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