José Reyes Baeza Terrazas, general director of ISSSTE (Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers) documents some of the institution’s key specificities that make it one of the most complete social security organizations in all Latin America, while he reveals his strategic priorities to ensure ISSSTE becomes a more efficient healthcare provider, focused on addressing some of the country’s most important public issues, such as diabetes, obesity and cancer.
Could you please start by introducing the role, function and purpose of ISSSTE within the Mexican healthcare ecosystem?
In 2016, the total number of our beneficiaries amounts to more than 13 million Mexicans
