Overview
- The Health Ministry formalized the Programa Nacional para el Diagnóstico y Tratamiento del ACV by issuing Resolución 609/2026 and publishing it in the Boletín Oficial.
- PRONAC-ACV is placed under the Dirección Nacional de Emergencias Sanitarias (DINESA) and sets activation rules for a national 'Código ACV', technical requirements to accredit hospitals, clinical protocols, and agreements with regional coordinating centers.
- A pilot network will run in four national hospitals — Posadas (Morón), El Cruce (Florencio Varela), Cuenca Alta (Cañuelas) and del Bicentenario (Esteban Echeverría) — as the program stages wider roll‑out.
- The Ministry says the rollout will rely on reorganizing existing resources rather than new budget outlays, building on provincial telemedicine networks and about 16 certified stroke units to expand timely access to thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy.
- Health officials framed the move as a response to a heavy national burden from stroke — more than 50,000 cases a year and high rates of death and acquired disability — and invited provinces to join while digital coordination and accreditation processes are developed.