He Nation’s Ministry of Health adopted a new regulation for the National Vaccination Commission (CoNaIn). As can be seen from the health portfolio, the aim is to organize its operations and restore governance Make decisions about strategies Vaccination in Argentina.
The published regulatory update underlines the purely advisory and non-binding nature of the CoNaInby highlighting it all Technical and decision-making responsibility The country’s Ministry of Health is solely responsible for vaccinations.
With this measure, the essential function of the CoNaIn is to provide scientific advice to national health authorities when the epidemiological situation demand this through recommendations based on the best available scientific evidence and ongoing analysis of the country’s health context.
Under no circumstances shall the Commission exercise any executive, decision-making or regulatory functions. Your contribution should make a significant contribution to this Formulation, monitoring and evaluation public vaccination policy within the framework of strict cooperation and delimited responsibility.
One of the key changes brought about by the new regulations is that the CoNaIn It will act as an advisory group within the framework of the Directorate for the Control of Immunopreventable Diseases (DiCEI), and the presidency falls to the top of the DiCEI or in that of the National Directorate for Combating Communicable Diseases.
The commission will be one Central Scientific Core (NCC)responsible for analyzing the evidence and making recommendations, consisting of four full members and their alternates, appointed from the shortlists proposed by the medical faculties of the universities of the Argentine Republic.
The DiCEI In selecting members of this core, it will assess technical relevance and the national health situation and establish a ranking for designation.
The regulation provides for the possibility of temporarily convening groups of experts, researchers and technical organizations or institutions at national and international levels to provide specific advice on certain necessary topics.
The positions are filled ad honor for two years with the possibility of one-time re-election. Members must attend at least 50% of the regular annual meetings and sign a confidentiality agreement.
As far as powers are concerned, that is CoNaIn may issue scientific recommendations in response to technical issues such as: B. the introduction, modification or withdrawal of vaccines in the national calendar, as well as advice on vaccination schedules and technical parameters related to administration, intervals, doses, contraindications, conservation and monitoring of events allegedly attributable to vaccination.
Another of its competencies is to review and evaluate new scientific evidence regarding the development of new vaccines, technological platforms or strategies in order to anticipate impacts on the national decision-making system.
In addition, the Commission participates in the analysis and interpretation of epidemiological information in the event of outbreaks or specific situations and is required to submit an annual activity report to the highest authorities of the Ministry of Health in December of each year.
According to information from the health sector, the new measure aims to consolidate health decisions with clear technical support, explicit rules and institutional responsibility.
As stated on the official website, the core task is the CoNaIn This refers to the active contribution to protecting the health of the population by formulating recommendations with which the greatest possible effect can be achieved with regard to diseases that can be prevented by vaccination.
In parallel, the Health Portfolio recently began distributing the vaccines included in the National Calendar for the first quarter of the year. In this first delivery more than 3.4 million doses and nearby 3.5 million deliveries (such as syringes, ampoules and disposables).
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