Composition of National Commission for Public Health to be changed

14:20 | 18.03.2021 Category: Social

Chisinau, 18 March /MOLDPRES/- MPs approved today in the second reading a bill aimed to improve the functioning of the National Commission of Public Health and to strengthen its capacities to react to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The authors of the draft law, lawmakers of the faction of DA Platform noted that the change in the composition of the Commission will have the impact of taking the best decisions in optimal time to fight a possible epidemic.

By amending the Law on state surveillance of public health, the composition of the National Commission on Public Health will consist of members of the government and representatives of structures subordinated to the government directly responsible for monitoring and combating a public health emergency and health specialists of the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Nicolae Testemitanu, the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, the School of Management in Public Health, civil society.

Representatives of international bodies will also be involved in consultative voting.

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