President Javier Milei met this morning in his office at Casa Rosada with the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr., in a meeting also attended by the Minister of Health, Mario Lugones.
This meeting, which follows the meeting between Lugones and Kennedy Jr. held yesterday, aimed to strengthen cooperation between the governments of Javier Milei and Donald Trump in health matters.
This alignment became evident on Monday, when the Argentine Minister of Health and the U.S. Secretary of Health jointly announced a series of measures that include the deregulation of the Argentine health system, confirmation of the country's withdrawal from the WHO, reinforcement of controls on vaccines, and a review of the use of health-damaging additives in food products.
On his official X account, Kennedy Jr. commented on the meeting: "I had a wonderful meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei about the mutual withdrawal of our nations from the WHO and the creation of an alternative international health system based on reference science and free from totalitarian impulses, corruption, and political control."
Javier Milei y Robert Kennedy Jr.
These policies reflect a line similar to that promoted by the U.S. government under Kennedy's leadership, who has made additive control one of the pillars of his administration through the MAHA program (Make America Healthy Again), aimed at combating chronic diseases and promoting healthier lifestyles.
During the meeting at Casa Rosada, the U.S. Embassy's Chargé d'Affaires in Argentina, Abigail Dressel; the Secretary's Chief Advisor, Stefanie Nicole Spear; and Hannah Ingrid Anderson also participated.
La reunión entre Javier Milei y Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy's visit to Argentina
Kennedy's agenda in Argentina began on Monday with an afternoon meeting at the Ministry of Health, where he met with his Argentine counterpart to discuss priority issues such as the reform of the health system, comprehensive treatment of chronic diseases, promotion of healthy eating, and the incorporation of scientific evidence in the approval of medicines.
Possible mechanisms of bilateral cooperation and the future of international relations in health matters were also discussed. This last aspect is particularly relevant, since both the United States and Argentina have announced that they have left the World Health Organization (WHO), in a move that marks both governments', Trump's and Milei's, rejection of international organizations' interference in the sovereign policies of the States.
