Reacción a "Reactions: José Manuel Miñones, new Health Minister"

The Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE) welcomes the new Minister of Health. In the remaining time of the legislature, we believe that his work should be aimed primarily at achieving the approval of the Law creating the State Public Health Agency, a matter of paramount importance for the near future, and which is already more than a decade late, and we also encourage him to count on the scientific societies in the field of public health for the drafting of the Regulations of this Agency.  

We also believe that you should also dedicate your efforts to the approval of the Royal Decree creating the State Public Health Surveillance Network, which was recently submitted to the public hearing process, and to which we at the SEE presented almost twenty contributions. 

Other important aspects in the field of epidemiology and public health are the development of the Public Health and Public Health Surveillance Strategies, approved in 2022, which require the participation of all entities and people working in this field. 

We also ask you to surround yourself with experienced people with knowledge of the sector, as Spain's European presidency in the second half of 2023 is very close and health aspects will be very important, especially after the experience of the pandemic. 

He can count on the collaboration of the scientific societies and the SEE, as on previous occasions, offers to do so.