Ministerio de Salud de La Nación

What Ministerio de Salud de La Nación does

Ministerio de Salud de La Nación is Argentina's national health authority and a ministry of the Poder Ejecutivo Nacional, headquartered at Av. 9 de Julio 1925, Buenos Aires. It is responsible for elaborating, coordinating, and overseeing the country's public health policy across all jurisdictions, with operational reach extending through Consejo Federal de Salud (COFESA) to every province. The Ministry serves three primary constituencies: the general citizenry (vaccinations, disease prevention, emergency response), healthcare professionals (national licensing, residency programs, credentialing), and health establishments (regulatory oversight, quality standards).

Its digital infrastructure is delivered primarily through Argentina.gob.ar and includes the SISA (Sistema Integrado de Información Sanitaria Argentino) for integrated health information management, the Receta Electrónica (electronic prescription system), the Buscador Nacional de Profesionales de la Salud for professional verification, the Buscador de Precios de Medicamentos for medication price transparency, and the 0800 Salud Responde telephone hotline. Decentralized entities under its authority include ANMAT (drugs, food, medical devices), INCUCAI (organ transplantation), ANLIS Malbrán (laboratories), Superintendencia de Servicios de Salud, CONETEC (health technology assessment), and the SAMIC hospital network (Garrahan, El Cruce, Cuenca Alta, among others).

The Ministry is publicly funded through Argentina's national budget allocation and does not operate a commercial revenue model. Leadership is provided by Minister Dr. Mario Iván Lugones. Recent strategic activity includes Resolution 674/2026 unifying the national professional licensing system, a partnership with Ministerio de Capital Humano to integrate credentialing with university degree issuance, a new national antimicrobial stewardship plan, and the multi-year Plan Nacional de Calidad en Salud 2026-2030.

Name

Ministerio de Salud de La Nación

Legal name

Ministerio de Salud de la Nación

Website

https://argentina.gob.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1810

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Argentina's national Ministry of Health, headquartered in Buenos Aires, coordinates federal public health policy, professional licensing, vaccination programs, and digital health infrastructure including SISA and electronic prescriptions, serving citizens, healthcare professionals, and health establishments nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Public Health Administration

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health Policy, Planning & Governance (BPAIAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immunization & Vaccination Programs Administration (BPAIAJAD), Health Policy & Legislation Authorities (HLAJACAA)

Keywords

• Public health policy
• Health system administration
• Epidemiological surveillance
• Health professional licensing
• National vaccination program

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Ministerio de Salud de La Nación is the Argentine national government ministry responsible for designing, coordinating, and overseeing public health policy across the country. It delivers public health services through digital platforms (electronic prescriptions, professional registries, epidemiological bulletins), manages national programs (vaccination calendar, stroke program, antimicrobial stewardship plan), regulates health technologies and professionals, and operates decentralized agencies including ANMAT, INCUCAI, ANLIS Malbrán, and the SAMIC hospital network.

Product overview

The Ministerio de Salud de La Nación operates as a government ministry rather than a commercial product company, providing public health services and digital platforms. Its digital offerings include the Receta Electrónica (electronic prescription system) integrated with RENAPDIS, the Buscador Nacional de Profesionales de la Salud (national healthcare professional search), the SISA (Sistema Integrado de Información Sanitaria Argentino) epidemiological system, the Buscador de Precios de Medicamentos (medication pricing tool), and the 0800 Salud Responde telephone service. The Ministry also oversees CONETEC (Comisión Nacional de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias) which produces health technology assessments and clinical practice guidelines. The digital services are primarily accessible through the Argentina.gob.ar government portal, with the Ministry operating decentralized entities including ANLIS Malbrán, ANMAT, INCUCAI, and the SAMIC hospital network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 0800 Salud Responde: National health information and assistance hotline service.
• Plan Nacional de Calidad en Salud 2026-2030
• Calendario Nacional de Vacunación
• Sistema Integrado de Información Sanitaria Argentino (SISA)
• Programa Nacional ACV

Products and services

• Receta Electrónica (Electronic Prescription) Digital prescription system for electronic issuance and management of medical prescriptions, part of the RENAPDIS digital health initiative. Available to healthcare professionals and citizens nationwide.
• Buscador Nacional de Profesionales de la Salud Online directory allowing citizens and institutions to search for and verify registered healthcare professionals across Argentina.
• SISA (Sistema Integrado de Información Sanitaria Argentino) Integrated Argentine Health Information System for managing health data and epidemiological surveillance across the national healthcare network.
• Buscador de Precios de Medicamentos Online tool for searching and comparing medication prices across pharmacies in Argentina. Available to citizens.
• 0800 Salud Responde Free national telephone hotline providing health information, guidance, and assistance to citizens.
• Sistema Nacional de Residencias de la Salud National system for managing health residency programs and training positions for medical professionals.
• Calendario Nacional de Vacunación National immunization schedule providing free vaccination information and tracking for all age groups across Argentina.
• Programa Nacional ACV (PRONAC) National program for the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular accident (stroke), coordinating care across the healthcare system.
• Plan Nacional de Calidad en Salud 2026-2030 National quality plan for healthcare services spanning 2026-2030, establishing standards and improvement initiatives for healthcare facilities.
• Boletín Epidemiológico Nacional Weekly updated national epidemiological bulletin providing disease surveillance data and public health alerts.
• CONETEC (Comisión Nacional de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias y Excelencia Clínica) National commission providing health technology assessments, clinical excellence evaluations, and recommendations for technology incorporation, disinvestment, use, financing, and coverage in the health system.
• Trámites y Servicios de Salud Online procedures and services portal for citizens and healthcare professionals to manage administrative health-related tasks.
• Matrícula Nacional Digital (National Digital Professional License) Digital national professional license system for healthcare workers, with automatic processing integrated with university degree issuance, and a traditional personal process through the TAD platform. Valid across all state institutions nationwide.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ministerio de Capital Humano (Ministry of Human Capital)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2026Collaboration agreement to integrate administrative circuits between universities, the Education Secretariat, and the national health authority. This partnership supports Resolution 674/2026 for simplifying access to national professional licenses for healthcare workers by connecting university degree issuance with professional credentialing.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia: Colombia's national Ministry of Health and Social Protection, administering contributory and subsidized regimes (SGSSS), IETS HTA agency, and national health technology regulation — closely comparable in scope and emerging-market payer dynamics.
• Ministerio de Salud Pública de Uruguay: Uruguay's Ministry of Public Health, a national health authority with integrated public-private provider system (FONASA-SNIS) and a centralized digital health record (Historia Clínica Electrónica Nacional) — a smaller but structurally analogous counterpart in the Mercosur region.
• Ministério da Saúde (Brazil): Brazil's federal Ministry of Health, which administers SUS (Unified Health System), national immunization (PNI), and DATASUS health information platforms — the largest comparable national health authority in South America with analogous federal-provincial (state-municipal) coordination challenges.
• Ministerio de Salud de Chile: Chile's national Ministry of Health (MINSAL). Direct counterpart operating a similarly structured national health authority with FONASA coverage, digital health initiatives, and federal-regional coordination under a comparable constitutional framework.
• Secretaría de Salud de México: Mexico's federal health secretariat, which oversees IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar, and national public health functions across 32 states. Comparable federal-state health authority managing a similarly fragmented national system.

Regional players

• Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social de Paraguay: Paraguay's national Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, a smaller Mercosur peer ministry administering SENEPA, national immunization, and health workforce regulation — directly comparable in scope and federal-departmental structure.
• NHS England: NHS England is the operating arm of England's national health service, providing comparable national-scale health system administration, digital health infrastructure (NHS App, NHS Digital), and workforce credentialing. Geographically distinct but functionally analogous.
• Ministerio de Sanidad de España: Spain's national Ministry of Health, coordinating the Sistema Nacional de Salud across autonomous communities. Operates similar Consejo Interterritorial del SNS and digital health strategy (HDSNS) — a structurally analogous but higher-income counterpart.

Broad incumbents

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): PAHO is the regional WHO office for the Americas, coordinating cross-border health policy, immunization programs (including vaccine procurement for Argentina), and epidemiological surveillance. Overlaps with the Ministry on regional public health governance.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: U.S. HHS is a larger, established executive department administering CMS, FDA, CDC, and NIH. Compares as a broad incumbent with overlapping federal health authority functions but at vastly greater scale and budget.

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

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