In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, images of a potential new banknote that may be introduced in Argentina have circulated, which depict Ramón Carrillo (the country's first Minister of Public Health) and Cecilia Grierson (the country's first female physician). In response, the Embassies of world powers such as the United Kingdom and Israel have released statements defaming Ramón Carrillo. The National University of Lanús expresses its support for the public health expert who taught us the importance of training physicians in public health, and that the true problem is not disease at an individual level, but rather that health must be addressed in collective terms.
En plena pandemia del Covid-19, y a raíz de la difusión de la imagen de un potencial nuevo billete que sería emitido en Argentina, en el que se incluirían las figuras de Ramón Carrillo (primer ministro de Salud Pública de Argentina) junto a Cecilia Grierson (primera médica de nacionalidad argentina), desde las embajadas que representan a potencias internacionales como Inglaterra e Israel comenzaron a calumniar a Ramón Carrillo. Desde la Universidad Nacional de Lanús, defendemos al sanitarista que nos enseñó la necesidad de formar médicos y médicas sanitaristas, ya que el verdadero problema no es la enfermedad individual sino la salud en términos colectivos.
Keywords: Argentina; Health Policy; Policy Making; Public Policy; Socioeconomic Factors.