The government approved on Thursday, June 14th, a vaccine against the human papillomavirus to prevent cervix cancer. The decision was made by the board of directors + info
On Wednesday, June 13th, the Health Committee concluded the debate on Book One of the Organic Code of Health (COS). The regulations will include, along with + info
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Executive Committee, made up of nine countries of the continent, are meeting in Washington since 18th June to prepare documents + info
One of Sebastián Piñera administration’s priorities is the improvement of medical care, with emphasis on the fight against oncological diseases. On June 16th, the Executive branch + info
On Friday, June 15th, at the XLII Ministers’ Meeting of Mercosur and Associated States held in Asunción, the scope of the Mercosur Ad Hoc Commission for + info
The main candidates for the presidency of the country, José Antonio Meade (Todos por México-ruling party), Ricardo Anaya (Por México al Frente-opposition), the Andrés Manuel López + info
On 12th June, the Minister of Health, Adolfo Rubinstein, introduced before the Senate Health Committee the bill to create the Health Technology Assessment Agency -known as + info
The 71st World Health Assembly, held in Geneva from May 21st to 26th, concluded its sessions with the approval of the WHO’s general work program, which + info
The World Health Organization High-Level Commission on NCD published June 1st the document “Time to deliver”, in which it has been working on since February, in + info
On Wednesday, May 30th, the Senate passed the proposal that requires public and private health services to disclose two types of health problems: cancer and congenital + info
On June 1st, President Sebastián Piñera declared that health reforms will be one of his priorities during the first public account in Congress. The focus will + info
On May 22nd, the Ministry of Health issued Decree 852/2018, which amends Decree 1429/2016. establishing that the Administrator of the Resources of the General Social Security + info
On June 5th, a joint session of the Senate’s Legislation, Finance and Health Committees debated the bill that creates the National Cancer Control Program (Exp. 177756). + info
After the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat agreed to work on two measures for the next few years. The first + info
From May 21st to 26th, the 71st World Health Assembly in the framework of WHO will be held in Geneva, Switzerland. During the meeting, Commission A, + info
On May 10, Health Minister Jorge Basso and Industry Minister Carolina Cosse from Uruguay announced that they are working on the creation of a drug regulatory + info
The WHO High Level Independent Committee on Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) published its working draft on Thursday, May 10th. The document gives four recommendations to member countries + info
The Executive branch is being criticized for having enabled the use and prescription in public hospitals of the biosimilar medicine for oncological treatments of Argentine origin + info
On May 16th, the Agency for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (Acodeco) requested the Ministry of Health and the Social Security Fund (CSS) to add + info
On May 16th, the World Health Organization published a report entitled “Saving Lives, Spending Less: A strategic response to non-communicable diseases”. It seeks to show that + info