Conass

What Conass does

Conass (Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde) is a non-profit association entity founded in 1982 and headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. It represents all 27 Brazilian State Health Secretaries (the 26 states plus the Federal District) and operates as the national coordinating body for Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS) at the state level under the legal framework of Lei 8080/90 and Lei Complementar 141/12. Its mandate covers coordination, regulation, evaluation, and technical cooperation among federal, state, and municipal health managers, including formal participation in the Tripartite Inter-Managers Commission (CIT).

The organization runs four interconnected product lines: (1) the Biblioteca Digital do CONASS, an open-access digital library of SUS management publications; (2) Cieges, a health intelligence platform aggregating state-level health data with public dashboards such as the COVID-19 cases/deaths panel and CNES 360°; (3) Redecoesp, the Collaborative Network of State Public Health Schools coordinated nationally; and (4) 14 Câmaras Técnicas providing specialized advisory across areas including epidemiology, primary care, pharmaceutical assistance, health information, and sanitary surveillance. Underlying technology is built on Brazilian state health data flows (CNES, case reporting) routed through Cieges' data collection and systematization layer.

Conass is funded through government allocations and member contributions from state health secretaries; it has no commercial pricing or external shareholders. Distribution is entirely institutional — direct coordination with state secretaries, Conasems at the municipal level, and the Ministério da Saúde at the federal level — supplemented by international partnerships with PAHO/WHO, Fiocruz, and CPLP. The entity employs between 11 and 50 people at its Brasília headquarters and relies on a wide network of named technical responsibles and school directors drawn from its member secretariats.

Name

Conass

Legal name

Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde

Website

https://conass.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Conass is a non-profit national council in Brasília representing all 27 Brazilian State Health Secretaries, coordinating the Unified Health System (SUS) through technical chambers, the Cieges health intelligence platform, and a network of 21 state public health schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Administration and Policy Coordination

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health Governance, Interagency Coordination & Partnerships (HLAJAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Health Policy, Planning & Governance (BPAIAJAB)

Keywords

• Public health governance
• State health coordination
• Health policy advisory
• Health intelligence platform
• SUS management support

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Conass (Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde) is the national coordinating body for the 27 State Health Secretaries of Brazil. It coordinates, regulates, and supports state-level management of the Unified Health System (SUS) through technical cooperation, policy advisory services, health intelligence data platforms (Cieges), a digital library, a network of state public health schools (Redecoesp), and 14 specialized Technical Chambers covering health policy areas.

Product overview

Conass operates as a unified platform with multiple interconnected components: the digital library (Biblioteca Digital) provides publications and knowledge resources; Cieges serves as the central health intelligence system with data dashboards; Redecoesp coordinates state public health schools; and the Câmaras Técnicas provide specialized technical advisory services. These products work together to support SUS management, health policy coordination, and educational capacity building across Brazil's state health secretariats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cieges: Centro de Informações e Gestão Estratégica em Saúde - A center for health information and strategic management supporting state-level health intelligence.
• Redecoesp
• Rede Negesp

Products and services

• Biblioteca Digital do CONASS Digital library platform providing free access to hundreds of publications on SUS management, including collections, documents, debates, and research materials, targeted at health policy professionals and public managers.
• Cieges Health Intelligence Platform
• Redecoesp Collaborative Network of State Public Health Schools Collaborative network connecting state public health schools to strengthen health education management at the state level through technical, organizational, and pedagogical coordination, providing training and continuing education for SUS workers.
• Câmaras Técnicas do Conass (Technical Chambers)
• Painel Casos e Óbitos Covid-19
• CNES 360° Health System Dashboard
• Comissão Intergestores Tripartite (CIT) Governance Forum
• Rede Negesp Health Management Education Network

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• OPAS/PAHO (Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPan American Health Organization listed as a strategic partner on CONASS website, collaborating on health policy and SUS strengthening initiatives.
• Ministério da SaúdecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian Ministry of Health as the primary federal health authority, working in coordination with CONASS for national health policy implementation.
• CNS (Conselho Nacional de Saúde)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Health Council as the main health policy advisory body, collaborating on SUS policy development and social control mechanisms.
• Conasems (Conselho Nacional de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Council of Municipal Health Secretaries - together with CONASS forms the CIT (Comissão Intergestores Tripartite) for federative coordination of SUS.
• Fiocruz (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOswaldo Cruz Foundation - major research institution in health, collaborating on health research, training and policy development.
• CPLP (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity of Portuguese Language Countries - CONASS holds Consultive Observer status, enabling international health cooperation with Portuguese-speaking nations.
• Colufras (Colégio Farmacêutico)minorOthersPharmaceutical College listed as partner institution for health-related collaborations.
• Instituto de Medicina Tropical - Universidade Nova de LisboaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute of Tropical Medicine from NOVA University of Lisbon - international academic partnership for health research and education.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Ministério da Saúde (Brazil): Brazilian federal Ministry of Health, Conass's primary federal counterpart and core partner. Not a peer in the competitive sense, but a directly adjacent entity whose priorities shape Conass's operating environment.

Direct peers

• Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Educação (Consed): Brazil's national council of state education secretaries. Directly analogous to Conass in structure and mandate, but operating in education rather than health, useful as a structural comparable.
• Conasems: Conselho Nacional de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde represents Brazil's municipal health secretaries and co-staffs the CIT with Conass. It is the most direct structural counterpart of Conass, addressing the same federative coordination function at the municipal level.
• Conselho Nacional de Saúde (CNS): Brazil's National Health Council is the principal social-control and policy advisory body for SUS. It is a listed strategic partner of Conass and operates in the same national health governance ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• PAHO (Pan American Health Organization): Regional WHO office for the Americas and a listed Conass partner. Comparable as a multilateral body coordinating public health policy across member states, but at the international rather than subnational level.
• Fiocruz (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz): Brazil's leading public health research and education institution, a major Conass partner. Comparable in its public-health mission, with much larger scope spanning research, training (ENSP), and pharmaceutical production.
• NHS Confederation: UK membership body representing organizations across the NHS. Comparable as a national coordinating council for publicly funded health system entities, though operating in a different country and health system structure.

Emerging players

• DATASUS: Brazil's federal health informatics department under the Ministry of Health. Functionally comparable to Cieges as a national health data platform, and a potential competitor or partner for Conass's data intelligence work.
• Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP/Fiocruz): Brazil's leading public health school within Fiocruz. Comparable as a health education and research institution, though Conass coordinates the broader state school network (Redecoesp) rather than delivering training directly.

Regional players

• National Governors Association (NGA) - Health: US-based bipartisan association of state governors that convenes state-level health policy leadership. Functionally similar to Conass as a convener of subnational health authorities, but operating in a different country.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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