Congress Approves the Establishment of the State Public Health Agency to Improve Response to Health Crises
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This step, expected since 2011, represents a significant step forward in strengthening public health in Spain, although there are still important challenges to be addressed. SESPAS and its federated societies have worked actively in recent years to promote the creation of the AESAP, participating in meetings with political and technical actors, presenting amendments to the draft law and promoting a constructive dialogue between all the parties i…
New watchdog in the pharmaceutical industry. A new mechanism will oversee the actions of the pharmaceutical sector. This has been announced by the Official State Gazette (BOE) in its publication this Tuesday, in which it has reported on the creation of the Interministerial Committee for Monitoring the Strategy of the Spanish Pharmaceutical Industry. This plan, which was launched at the end of 2024, will have this tool starting from this Thursday…


The State Agency for Public Health (AESAP) will be "fully operational" in the first half of 2026, according to sources from the Ministry of Health to EL PERIÓDICO. Among the unknowns, the election of the headquarters, a process that will last three months and start in September by an agreement of the Council of Ministers. From there, the Town Councils and Autonomous Communities can present candidacies of cities and there will be a selection proc…
Juan Abarca, president of HM Hospitals, has published a post on his LinkedIn profile to talk about the Spanish Public Health Agency (AESAP), whose approval he celebrated: “Finally, the AESAP has seen the light of day with the approval, more or less, of almost all political groups.”
The aim is to improve capacities for preparedness and response to serious health risks and threats. The PP defends that Granada has the best candidacy to host the State Public Health Agency.
The State Agency for Public Health is now finally a reality. The law approving the establishment of the body and amending the General Public Health Act has been passed on Tuesday in the Congress of Deputies definitively without the PP amendments approved by the Senate that wanted to withdraw the agreement of ERC and the PSOE in order to relax the dispensation of antibiotics by veterinarians. Minister of Health Mónica García has celebrated the fi…
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