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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent

Health sector pushes for certainty on establishment of an Australian Centre for Disease Control

Mark Butler
Mark Butler, the federal minister for health, says the Albanese government will deliver on its election commitment to establish a Centre for Disease Control in this term of government. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Health groups are urging the Albanese government to lay out a clear timetable and allocate resources to fulfil an election commitment to establish a new Australian Centre for Disease Control.

The promise to establish a CDC was made in the middle of the Covid pandemic in late 2020, with the new centre to focus on future pandemic preparedness, the control of infectious disease outbreaks and preventing chronic and infectious diseases.

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