Mexico Proposes 2026 Health Budget With Targeted Boosts for Institutes and Disease Prevention

Overview

• The Secretaría de Salud would receive 66,825 million pesos in 2026, a net increase of 132 million pesos over 2025.
• A new Política de Prevención y Control de Enfermedades is proposed with 2,685 million pesos to centralize preventive actions.
• Fourteen national institutes and specialty hospitals would get 29,344 million pesos, up 3,199 million, with INER rising from 1,771 million to 2,497 million pesos.
• Priority lines include vaccination at 4,748 million pesos, up 178 million, and scientific research at 2,571 million, up 126 million.
• Program goals include measuring satisfaction of 719,196 users and training 2,453 medical specialists, while some areas would see trims such as comunicación social and selected regulatory and epidemiology units.