Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety: Recommendations for vaccine contracts

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5-12-2020, 19:31

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INA –Baghdad

Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety approved the recommendations of the National Scientific Advisory Committee on Immunization and the Supreme Advisory Committee regarding the conditions to be observed when concluding agreements and contracts with companies producing vaccines to secure the safety of citizens and save public money.

"This approval came based on what was presented by the Ministry of Health and Environment during the twenty-first session of the Supreme Committee for Health and National Safety held on the 2^nd, December," the General Secretariat of the Cabinet included, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

The Supreme Committee granted the Minister of Health and Environment the authority to transfer between the chapters of the ministry's budget and the health departments, while notifying the Ministry of Finance of the transfer resources between the chapters.