title: National Immunization Commission: strengthening evidence-based decision making in Argentina.
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.
authors: Programa Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Inmunoprevenibles, Ministerio de Salud, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: dstecher@intramed.net.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Stecher
authors: Programa Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Inmunoprevenibles, Ministerio de Salud, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Alejandra
authors: A
authors: Gaiano
authors: Programa Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Inmunoprevenibles, Ministerio de Salud, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Cristián
authors: C
authors: Biscayart
authors: Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Gentile
authors: Sociedad Argentina de Infectología Pediátrica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Silvia Gonzalez
authors: SG
authors: Ayala
authors: Sociedad Argentina de Infectología Pediátrica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Eduardo
authors: E
authors: López
authors: Sociedad Argentina de Infectología, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Pablo
authors: P
authors: Bonvehí
authors: Ministro de Salud de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina.
authors: Pablo
authors: P
authors: Yedlin
authors: Comprehensive Family Immunization Project, The ProVac Initiative, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: Cara
authors: C
authors: Janusz
authors: Programa Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Inmunoprevenibles, Ministerio de Salud, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Carla
authors: C
authors: Vizzotti
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001118:Argentina; D003657:Decision Making; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006077:Government Agencies; D017589:Immunization Programs; D014611:Vaccination / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Decision making; Evidence based decisions; Immunization; National advisory committee