The Argentine government will conduct a "structural" reform of its healthcare system, including changes in the controls for approving vaccines and revising the use of fast-track authorizations for medicine. The decision comes on the heels of the country's move to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), which was announced in February.

The statement was published on Monday evening after a meeting held between Argentine health officials and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is on a two-day visit to Buenos Aires.

Kennedy also met President Javier Milei on Tuesday, along with U.S. chargé d'affaires in Argentina Abigail Dressel, Kennedy's main advisor Stefanie Nicole Spear, and Health Minister Mario Lugones. Milei and Kennedy later took pictures together, posing with the custom chainsaw Milei keeps in his office and a "Don't tread on me" cap.

The government is yet to release details about the contents of the meeting.