REUTERS
THE PHILIPPINES must focus its public–private partnership (PPP) investment on healthcare infrastructure to best prepare for future crises, government and private sector leaders said.
“Our healthcare infrastructure is clearly not where we want it to be,” National Task Force Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Vivencio B. Dizon said in an online event organized by the Ateneo School of Government Wednesday.
“We saw that when our capabilities were tested during the pandemic,” he said. “What, I think, this pandemic has shown us is we really have to invest in this kind of infrastructure.”
Other Asian economies like Taiwan, Vietnam, and Hong Kong were better prepared for the pandemic because their experiences with the previous healthcare crises prompted them to invest in healthcare infrastructure, he added.