Vaccine
Volume 32, Issue 16, Pages 1775-1896 (1 April 2014)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0264410X/32

National Immunization Commission: Strengthening evidence-based decision making in Argentina
Pages 1778-1780
Daniel Stecher, Alejandra Gaiano, Cristián Biscayart, Angela Gentile, Silvia Gonzalez Ayala, Eduardo López, Pablo Bonvehí, Pablo Yedlin, Cara Janusz, Carla Vizzotti
Abstract
In Argentina, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunizations is represented by the National Immunization Commission (CoNaIn), an organization created by the Ministry of Health in 2000. Recently, the Argentine government has decided to prioritize vaccination as a state policy, emphasizing this strategy as a sign of social equity so CoNaIn was restructured to increase its capacity to formulate sound and evidence-based recommendations. The commission shall consist of a group of immunization experts, representatives of scientific societies, the immunization program and the Ministry of Health. Its functions include the formulation of recommendations on the introduction of vaccines into the immunization program. The recommendations are based on technical, programmatic and social criteria. This decision-making process transparent with the support and advice of experts and scientific societies and guided by available evidence decisions help strengthen the Ministry of Health immunization policy generating greater confidence and support from the population and health professionals.