For the fulfillment of its mission, the INS assumes the following institutional values and guidelines:

  • Excellence in all its activities;
  • Transparency as a commitment to apparent accountability to society regarding institutional performance;
  • Reduction of regional inequities and inequities affecting vulnerable groups. The INS's studies, investigations, and services shall have as a permanent value the contribution to reducing inequities in the country.;
  • Ethics in research involving humans directly or indirectly or the use of animals in experimentation;
  • Internal solidarity and with peer institutions, particularly those in regions or countries with lower scientific, economic, and social development;
  • Integrity and focus of objectives, proposals, and actions among various units and subunits of INS, directed towards the knowledge and solution of priority health problems and situations;
  • Continuous self-assessment of individual, collective, and institutional performance as a mechanism for learning, adjustment, and permanent improvement: promotion of participatory management of innovation capacity, indispensable for the sustainable social development of a country.