25 AÑOS DEL SISTEMA NACIONAL DE VIGILANCIA DE LA SALUD (SNVS): LA CONSTRUCCIÓN POSIBLE DE UNA POLÍTICA DE ESTADO

Abstract

This paper reviews 25 years of the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS) in Argentina as one of the few public policies that has consolidated as a true State policy. Written in the first person, it integrates both an institutional and personal perspective on the process of building and legitimizing the system, from the VIGI+A Program to its integration into the SISA platform as SNVS 2.0. It analyzes the conceptual foundations of surveillance, the challenges of federal health governance, the feedback of information, and the lessons learned from different administrations, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The article argues that the continuity of the SNVS shows that information, when it becomes a public good, sustains collective decision-making and strengthens public health in a diverse and complex country.