Calls for Australian body like US CDC

May 25th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

The federal immigration department and health experts have called on the government to set up a national centre for disease control, modelled on the US organisation that monitors and manages outbreaks.

Infectious disease specialist Dr Adrian Sleigh from the Australian National University told a parliamentary hearing on Friday that federal, state and regional health bodies need to work together more closely.

A national centre for disease control, overarching governments and health agencies, was needed, he told the committee in Canberra.

Public Health Association of Australia Incorporated chief Michael Moore agreed, saying a more centralised framework would ensure health concerns were addressed across state and federal jurisdictions.

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) chief medical officer Paul Douglas also backed the proposal.

“From a DIAC perspective we would see that as beneficial, to have a one point of contact,” he told the committee.

“Having a centralised body and a nationally consistent approach would be very beneficial.”

Meanwhile, Dr Douglas also said the immigration department was working hard to ensure people applying for visas for Australia were properly screened for tuberculosis and that those affected had received the necessary treatment before arriving.