Overview
- Resolution No. 3344/2025, now in force, rewrites CoNaIn’s rules to confirm its role is strictly consultative and non-binding, leaving vaccine policy decisions to the Health Ministry.
- The presidency is fixed under the Dirección de Control de Enfermedades Inmunoprevenibles, with the ministry confirming veterinarian Gabriel Capitelli is currently in charge.
- The reform creates a four-member Central Scientific Core selected from candidates proposed by medical faculties, reducing the previous core and narrowing how members are chosen.
- Current and former CoNaIn members issued a public statement warning of reduced independence, loss of participation by bodies such as ANMAT and the Pan American Health Organization, and a potential hit to public trust and vaccination coverage.
- The government separately established a new National Bioethics Commission by Decree No. 893, consolidating ethics oversight under the Health Ministry with members serving ad honorem and public reports.