Trump creates Make America Healthy Again commission to transform nation's health care system

This Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the Make America Healthy Again commission, whose goal is to reform the nation's health care system, focusing on health promotion rather than just treating disease.

This new commission will be chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was recently confirmed as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and whose commitment to health reforms has been evident since his support for Trump during the presidential election.

Key objectives of the commission

The commission will be composed of senior officials from various federal agencies, including the secretaries of Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs, in addition to representatives from the National Economic Council and the Environmental Protection Agency. Its mission will be to address the health crisis in the country, with special attention to childhood chronic diseases.

Among its priorities are improving nutrition, promoting physical activity, adopting healthy habits and reducing the overuse of medications. In addition, it will focus on evaluating the quality of foods and medicines from a public health perspective, while promoting federal research on the impact of technological and environmental habits on health.

Within 100 days, the commission must present a detailed report on the main chronic childhood diseases and their possible causes. It will then, within 180 days at the latest, develop a national strategy based on these findings to improve children's health.