President Irfaan Ali is pursuing the development of Guyana’s health and science sectors with an eye towards vaccine development.
A release from the Office of the President yesterday informed that President Ali had met with two US-based scholars – Professor James Allison and Guyanese-born, Professor Padmanee Sharma – at State House earlier yesterday to discuss the development of a Presidential Advisory Council on Medicine and Science. Professor Allison is a scientist in cancer research who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018, while Professor Sharma is currently a Professor of Oncology and Immunology. According to the professors, the discussions with President Ali focussed on the development of the aforementioned Advisory Council, as well as the building out of the health and science sectors.
