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Mexico's Health Chiefs Tell Congress Medicine Contracts Cover 99% of Needs

Officials cited 96% recent supply, major procurement savings, higher 2026 funding to rebut cut claims.

Overview

  • Health Secretary David Kershenobich said 3,135 medicine codes totaling 4.194 billion pieces were contracted for 2025–2026 at 297 billion pesos, representing 99% of the requested volume.
  • Recent national medicine supply reached about 96%, while the IMSS reported fulfilling roughly 97% of prescriptions with 96% now issued electronically.
  • Consolidated, multiyear purchasing and real‑time inventory monitoring generated savings exceeding 105 billion pesos, according to the Secretariat of Health.
  • The administration reported progress federalizing services through IMSS‑Bienestar in 23 states, coordinating more than 8,300 clinics and 598 hospitals, and asked deputies to pass the program’s organic law.
  • Officials highlighted a measles response with more than 9 million vaccinations, reducing active cases in Chihuahua to seven, and noted a 2026 health allocation above 2.45 trillion pesos, up 6.4% from 2025, as opposition lawmakers challenged performance and funding claims.