The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Health and Family Planning has recommended quick construction of a vaccine manufacturing and research plant in Gopalganj.
The recommendation was made at the committee’s 16th meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital on Thursday.
Besides, the committee discussed the National Diarrhoea Research Centre Bangladesh Bill, 2022 for making it time-befitting through corrections and additions.
The committee suggested engaging teachers of government and private medical colleges in various medical research projects.
The meeting was chaired by Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, chairman of the committee. Secretary and additional secretaries of the Health Ministry, directors of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) along with other members of the committee were present at the meeting.