Infant Health Care in Argentina

Abstract With the Argentine economic crisis in 2001, more people became medically uninsured and health outcomes deteriorated. One particularly alarming outcome was that infant mortality rates increased. In response, the Argentine government implemented Plan Nacer (Birth Plan), a novel maternal-child public health program. This article describes the evolution of the Argentine health care system, with a specific focus on how Plan Nacer led to a successful upgrade in infant health and mortality.