Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica

What Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica does

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP) is a Mexican federal decentralized public institution under the Secretaría de Salud, headquartered in Cuernavaca, Morelos, and operating as the country's primary public health research and academic platform since 1987. It conducts the Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (ENSANUT), Mexico's longest-running and most representative national health and nutrition survey, which since 2020 operates continuously on an annual cycle rather than the previous sexennial cadence, with state-level granularity available since 2024. INSP is organized into seven research centers (CISP, CISS, CINyS, CISEI, CIEE, CRISP, CENIDSP) plus the Escuela de Salud Pública de México (ESPM) — described as the oldest public health school in Latin America (founded 1922) and reaccredited by CEPH in 2025. Core technology assets consist of epidemiological surveillance systems, the national health survey platform, health information systems for decision support (CENIDSP), proprietary quality-improvement methodologies such as Vías de Atención Integrada (VAI) and Líneas de Investigación por Misión (LIM), and the Revista de Salud Pública de México peer-reviewed journal with measurable impact factor.

The institute supports 19 accredited graduate knowledge fields within the Sistema Nacional de Posgrados / SECIHTI, plus virtual programs and continuing education, with active students tracked in 2025. It produces peer-reviewed research outputs (over 15,000 scientific products between 1990 and 2025), maintains dual-modality (face-to-face and virtual) academic programs, and develops clinical care pathways such as VAI-DRT (treatment-resistant depression) in collaboration with peer institutions like INPRFM and IMSS. INSP-led convenings include national planning efforts such as the Bases técnicas del Plan de Aceleración para la Prevención y Control de la Obesidad en México 2025-2030, involving 80-plus experts.

INSP's business model is non-commercial: it operates as a government institution funded through the Mexican federal budget under the Secretaría de Salud, with no disclosed revenue, venture, or equity funding. Service delivery occurs through direct institutional channels to federal and state health authorities, academic channels for graduate education, and open-access digital distribution for publications and ENSANUT data. Customers include Mexican federal health agencies (primary), state health services (Servicios Estatales de Salud), public health professionals and graduate students, and the broader academic and research community. International reach extends through PAHO/WHO, ASPPH, ASPHER, IANPHI, and bilateral technical cooperation.

Name

Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica

Legal name

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

Website

https://insp.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP) is Mexico's federal public health research institute under the Secretaría de Salud, headquartered in Cuernavaca. It operates the ENSANUT national health survey, seven research centers, and the oldest public health school in Latin America (ESPM), serving federal and state health authorities, graduate students, and the research community with non-commercial, government-funded outputs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Research and Education

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Disease Surveillance, Epidemiology & Outbreak Response (BPAIAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

State/Provincial Health Department & Public Health Administration (BPAIABAH)

Keywords

• Public health research
• National health surveys
• Graduate public health education
• Health systems research
• Epidemiological surveillance

Headquarters

HQ city

Cuernavaca

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

INSP is Mexico's federal public health research institution, conducting national health and nutrition surveillance (ENSANUT), running disease-specific and health-systems research through seven specialized centers, training the public health workforce through the Escuela de Salud Pública de México (graduate and continuing education programs), publishing the Revista de Salud Pública de México, and developing healthcare quality improvement methodologies (Vías de Atención Integrada) for adoption across Mexican health services.

Product overview

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP) is Mexico's premier public health research institution, operating as a unified platform comprised of seven specialized research centers covering population health, health systems, nutrition, infectious diseases, evaluation and surveys, regional public health, and health decision information. The institution operates the Escuela de Salud Pública de México (ESPM) for academic education and conducts the Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (ENSANUT), a major national survey program. INSP produces scientific publications through its journal and editorial catalog, supports research groups (GID), and develops methodologies like Vías de Atención Integrada for healthcare quality improvement. This is a government research and academic institution, not a commercial technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional (CISP) Research center generating scientific evidence to improve population health conditions and reduce inequities in access to healthcare services in Mexico.
• Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud (CISS) Research center generating knowledge for public policies and health systems improvement in Mexico.
• Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud (CINyS) Research center focused on improving the nutritional status of the Mexican population and promoting physical activity.
• Centro de Investigación Sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas (CISEI) Research center committed to improving equity in population health through research and teaching focused on infectious diseases.
• Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas (CIEE) Research center providing evidence for health and development through evaluation and survey methodologies, including support for the ENSANUT national health survey.
• Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública (CRISP) Regional research center promoting social equity through knowledge generation, health system innovation, and human resources training for health.
• Centro de Información para Decisiones en Salud Pública (CENIDSP) Information center promoting the use of scientific knowledge and health information systems for evidence-based decision making in public health.
• Escuela de Salud Pública de México (ESPM) Mexico's oldest and most prestigious public health educational institution in Latin America, offering CEPH-accredited master's, doctoral, and specialty programs in public health, as well as continuing education.
• Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (ENSANUT) Comprehensive national health and nutrition survey program providing essential data for accountability and planning in Mexico's health sector, conducted continuously since 2020 and at national/state levels since 1986.
• Vías de Atención Integrada (VAI) Integrated care pathways methodology for planning, organizing, and coordinating healthcare interventions to maximize quality of care, developed by INSP's quality of care research group.
• Revista de Salud Pública de México Peer-reviewed scientific journal facilitating broad access to scientific research results in public health, with associated impact factor.
• Grupos de Investigación y Docencia (GID) Research and teaching groups organized around specific public health topics or health system challenges, channeling evidence into Mexico's priority health issues.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 15,000 scientific products produced between 1990-2025
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaboration between INSP and INEGI for the ENSANUT 2018-19 survey, where INEGI handled sample design, instrument editing, data capture systems, logistics training, field operations, and database integration.
• Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS)/WHOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Joint publication of COVID-19 health strategies and pandemic response analysis, including the 'Estrategia de promoción de la salud, prevención, atención y mitigación de la Covid-19 en el marco de la Atención Primaria de la Salud'.
• Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (INPRFM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Joint development of the Vía de Atención Integrada for Treatment-Resistant Depression (VAI-DRT), a pioneering mental health quality improvement project in Mexico.
• FIESP (Federación de Instituciones de Salud)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic and research collaboration with the Federation of Health Institutions.
• Secretaría de Salud FederalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary government partner for national health surveys (ENSANUT), policy development, and pandemic response including COVID-19 monitoring modules.
• Servicios Estatales de SaludcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState health services collaborating on ENSANUT field operations and implementing INSP-developed quality improvement protocols (Vías de Atención Integrada) in local healthcare facilities.
• CONAHCYT (Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational science and technology council supporting INSP researchers through the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI).
• ASPPH (Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health)minorOthersInternational network affiliation for public health education programs.
• ASPHER (Association of European Schools of Public Health)minorOthersEuropean network affiliation for public health education and research collaboration.
• IANPHI (International Association of National Public Health Institutes)minorOthersGlobal network of national public health institutes facilitating international collaboration.
• ANUIES (Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior)minorOthersMexican higher education association for academic collaboration.
• Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador ZubiráncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on national nutrition surveys and research, contributing data from 1988 to 2021 for nutritional situation analysis.
• Centro Nacional de Equidad de Género y Salud Reproductiva (Secretaría de Salud)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual calculation of Reproductive Health and Gender Equity Accounts since 2004, facilitating analysis of policies in this area.
• IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project on prevention and care of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis, involving national research and state health services.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Institutes of Health (NIH): The U.S. federal government's primary biomedical and public health research agency. While much larger and broader in scope, NIH represents the global benchmark for what a national public health research institution can become and competes for international talent and research partnerships.
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: One of the world's premier CEPH-accredited schools of public health, combining graduate education, research, and policy advisory functions. Comparable to ESPM at a much larger international scale.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): U.S. federal agency for disease surveillance, epidemiology, and outbreak response. INSP's disease surveillance and epidemiological mandate mirrors CDC's core mission, though at a smaller national scale.

Regional players

• Public Health Agency of Canada: Canada's national public health agency performing disease surveillance, health promotion, and emergency preparedness functions. Comparable in federal mandate structure though operating in a different country context.
• Robert Koch Institute: Germany's federal government agency for disease control and prevention, performing epidemiological surveillance, public health research, and policy advisory functions similar to INSP at a national European level.
• Instituto de Salud Carlos III: Spain's national public health research institute under the Ministry of Science, performing comparable functions in public health research, surveillance, and biomedical training within the European context.

Direct peers

• Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz): Brazil's primary national public health research institution, structurally analogous to INSP. Both operate as federal government-affiliated research and education institutes, run flagship national health surveys, and serve as policy advisors to their respective health ministries.
• Instituto Nacional de Salud (Colombia): Colombia's national public health institute under the Ministry of Health, performing comparable functions in epidemiological surveillance, public health research, and policy guidance within the Latin American region.
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: A leading international school of public health with CEPH-equivalent credentials, conducting global health research and training. Directly comparable to ESPM as a graduate public health education and research institution.

Others

• PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers network: INSP's relationship with PAHO/WHO places it within an international network of collaborating public health institutions across the Americas. While not a peer company per se, this network represents the ecosystem in which INSP operates and benchmarks its work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Compliance1 record

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Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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