setting priorities. The Ministry of Health through its Sub-secretariat of Promotion and Prevention are in charge of Public Health Interventions. Local Health Secretariats in the provinces and municipalities through the department of purchases in the public sub-sector and individual social works are in charge of the reimbursement of new drugs. Elderly people face barriers due to copayments, private practitioners' refusal to see them and also because of nonpayment by the social security fund. See also List of hospitals in Argentina Argentine hemorrhagic fever Water supply and sanitation in Argentina Smoking in Argentina Universal healthcare Argentina Health Care Organization References External links World Health Organization: Argentina