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Mexico health institutes deny backing report on health system
Mexico’s public health and cancer institutes denied institutional involvement in a report on the country’s health system presented at El Colegio de México.
Researchers employed by the institutes contributed in an academic capacity, but the institutions said this did not mean they helped produce or endorse the report.
They also said they had not authorized the use of their names or logos, and that the report’s conclusions belong to its authors.
The study says 44.5 million people lack access to public health services in Mexico, leading nearly half the population to turn to private care.
It also says avoidable deaths are more than 400 per 100,000 people and that the proposed 2027 health budget is below recommended levels.
The institutes said they support academic freedom and open debate; no further action was specified.
Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and National Cancer Institute said they had no institutional role in preparing, promoting or endorsing the report “Salud quebrada.”
The institutes said researchers affiliated with them took part only in an academic capacity.
They said they did not authorize the use of their names or logos in publicity for the report or its presentation.
The report says 44.5 million people in Mexico lack access to public health services.
It also says catastrophic out-of-pocket health spending rose 73% over the past decade.
- Who
- Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and National Cancer Institute.
- What
- They denied institutional involvement in or endorsement of a report on Mexico’s health system.
- When
- November 9, 2026.
- Where
- The report was presented at El Colegio de México in Mexico City.
- Why
- The institutes said their researchers participated only in an academic capacity and that the institutions had not authorized use of their names or logos.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The report was presented at El Colegio de México.
The two institutes issued a joint statement denying institutional involvement or endorsement.
- Institutes
- National Institute of Public Health (INSP) and National Cancer Institute (INCan)
- Report
- Salud quebrada. Retos, reformas y resultados del sistema de salud de México
- People without public health access
- 44.5 million
- Rise in catastrophic out-of-pocket spending
- 73% over the past decade
- Projected health budget for 2027
- 2.9% of GDP, compared with the WHO-recommended 6%