AAPSalud

What AAPSalud does

AAPSalud (Asociación Argentina de Promoción de la Salud) is an Argentine civil association founded in 2010 and headquartered in Buenos Aires. It operates as a non-profit entity focused on health promotion, delivering educational programs, professional certifications, and congresses aimed at the public health community and health professionals in Argentina. The organization functions as a convening and continuing-education body rather than a commercial enterprise, with a stated headcount of 1-10 employees.

The association's core activities center on recurring knowledge-dissemination formats — educational courses, certification pathways, and congresses — that serve as its primary engagement surface with the Argentine health ecosystem. There is no indication of a proprietary technology platform, software product, or AI-driven tooling; the operating model is consistent with a traditional professional association running in-person and programmatic convening. Its business model is implicitly non-commercial: revenues (if any) are likely sourced from membership dues, event registration fees, certification fees, and possibly grants, though none of these numbers are disclosed in the available data.

Given the limited disclosed footprint, AAPSalud presents as a small, mission-driven association whose strategic significance is local and niche. The absence of disclosed funding, partnership, or revenue figures, combined with the minimal employee count, materially constrains any scale-related conclusion. For investment analysis purposes, the entity is better characterized as a community institution than a venture-stage or commercialization-stage business.

Name

AAPSalud

Legal name

Asociación Argentina de Promoción de la Salud

Website

https://aapsalud.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AAPSalud is an Argentine non-profit civil association founded in 2010 in Buenos Aires, dedicated to health promotion through educational programs, certifications, and congresses for health professionals and the public health community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Promotion and Professional Education

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Programmatic Accreditors (Discipline/Profession-Specific) (EDADACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD), Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Education (CPR/First Aid/Disaster Readiness) (EDAAAFAJ)

Keywords

• Health promotion certification
• Occupational health training
• Healthcare professional education
• Workplace wellness programs
• Disaster mental health training

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: AAPSalud develops and executes research, training, health promotion, and meta-promotion programs financed by contributions from its members or donated funds.
2. Certification Services: AAPSalud provides certification services for organizations, workplaces, communities, and educational institutions. They also offer pre-accreditation and promotion for organizations that achieve national certification for international GCHW certification.
3. Training Programs and Sponsorships: AAPSalud sponsors and supports educational programs including diplomaturas, workshops, and masterclasses, often in partnership with universities like Universidad Austral and Universidad Maimónides.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AAPSalud delivers health promotion certification programs, professional education (diploma programs, masterclasses, workshops, and congresses) for healthcare professionals, scientific research and dissemination activities, and free disaster mental health resources. Its offerings target healthcare professionals, organizations, workplaces, communities, and educational institutions across Argentina and Latin America.

Product overview

AAPSalud (Asociación Argentina de Promoción de la Salud) is a non-profit civil association founded in 2010 focused on health promotion and protection. The organization operates a portfolio of educational programs (including the Diplomatura en Abordaje de Consumos Problemáticos y Adicciones, Masterclass series, and workshops), free training resources for mental health disaster response, the annual Congreso BRISA de Enfermería, a national certification program for healthy workplaces aligned with WHO standards, research activities published via ResearchGate, and scientific dissemination including publications. The offerings serve healthcare professionals, organizations, communities, and educational institutions across Argentina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Certificación Nacional AAPSalud National certification program for healthy workplaces, communities, educational institutions, and organizations. Includes a gap analysis tool and a pathway to international GCHW pre-accreditation. Aligned with WHO healthy workplace framework and criteria from ABQV and Latin American Health Promotion Consortium.
• Diplomatura en Abordaje de Consumos Problemáticos y Adicciones Six-month online diploma program (with sync/async activities) addressing problematic substance use and addictive disorders. Targets healthcare professionals, legal professionals, educators, and students. Covers neurobiology, clinical impacts, and interdisciplinary approaches.
• Masterclass: Adicciones Free online masterclass on challenges in managing problematic substance use across different environments, featuring expert presenters from Universidad Austral.
• Taller de Riesgos Psicosociales y Salud en el Trabajo Introductory workshop on psychosocial risk management and occupational health covering workplace psychological safety, mental health, stress models, toxic environments, ILO Convention 190, and ISO 45001 standards.
• Congreso BRISA de Enfermería Annual Latin American nursing congress held since 2018, supporting nursing professional development with national and international speakers covering evidence-based practices and healthcare excellence topics.
• Guía para intervenciones de salud mental en catástrofes Free evidence-based guide providing protocols for mental health interventions in disasters and emergencies, including psychological first aid, needs assessment, and tiered intervention approaches.
• Capacitación gratuita para profesionales de la salud en ayuda psicológica en catástrofes Free training program for healthcare professionals providing practical tools and internationally validated protocols for psychological crisis intervention, from psychological first aid to collective trauma management.
• Capacitación gratuita para voluntarios en ayuda psicológica durante catástrofes Free training for general population volunteers on emotional first aid techniques, recognizing warning signs, and effectively supporting disaster-affected individuals. No prior experience required.
• Segunda edición de la diplomatura en Abordaje de los consumos problemáticos y las adicciones de Universidad Austral Sponsored second edition of a 5-month online diploma program on addressing problematic substance use and addictions offered by Universidad Austral. Directed by Dra. Veronica Bisagno, Dra. Torres Cerino Maria Veronica, and Dr. Javier Naveros.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17,125 nurses trained through BRISA de Enfermería Congress 2024
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GCHW (Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAPSalud is a member of the international consortium for healthy workplace certification. Through this partnership, AAPSalud pre-accredits and promotes organizations that have achieved national certification for international GCHW certification. GCHW supports workplace health promotion and wellbeing initiatives through shared learning, recognition, and replication.
• IAWHP (International Association for Worksite Health Promotion)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe International Association for Worksite Health Promotion is a component of GCHW. IAWHP supports health promotion professionals worldwide through high-quality information, events, educational activities, and professional development opportunities. It is the first global association focused on supporting workplace health promotion professionals.
• Sociedad de Medicina del Trabajo del Sur de Santa FeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAPSalud co-sponsored the Introductory Workshop on Psychosocial Risk Management and Occupational Health with this medical society. The workshop was led by Dr. Adolfo Guzmán and Dr. Javier Naveros.
• Universidad AustralcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAPSalud partnered with Universidad Austral to develop the Diplomatura en Abordaje de Consumos Problemáticos y Adicciones. The program is directed by Dras. Verónica Torres Cerino and Veronica Bisagno, with coordination by Dr. Santiago Farfán Rea.
• Universidad MaimónidescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAPSalud has supported the diplomatura in addictions at Universidad Maimónides for 10 years, directed and coordinated by Drs. Javier Naveros and Sergio Orlandini Cappannari.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• American Public Health Association (APHA): Large established professional association covering the full breadth of public health practice including continuing education, publications, and advocacy; represents a more mature analog of AAPSalud's broader health-promotion mission.
• World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA): Global federation of national public-health associations; provides the international umbrella within which national bodies like AAPSalud coordinate, and shares its focus on capacity-building and policy advocacy.

Regional players

• European Public Health Association (EUPHA): Regional umbrella for public-health associations and professionals in Europe with a similar membership, training, and policy-advocacy focus to AAPSalud, but operating in a different geography with comparable association structure.
• Associação Brasileira de Qualidade de Vida (ABQV): Brazilian peer association focused on workplace quality of life and health promotion; AAPSalud's certification framework is explicitly aligned with ABQV criteria, making it the closest functional peer in the region.

Direct peers

• Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces (GCHW): Runs the international Healthy Workplaces Global Award and certification program that AAPSalud feeds into as a national pre-accreditor; same domain (workplace health promotion certification), different geographic mandate.
• Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE): US-based professional society for health education professionals offering certifications, continuing education, and advocacy; comparable scope to AAPSalud's training and certification pillar, albeit in a more mature market.
• International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE): Global non-profit federation of health promotion organizations and professionals; shares AAPSalud's mission of advancing health-promotion practice, capacity-building, and dissemination through members in Latin America.
• International Association for Worksite Health Promotion (IAWHP): A global professional association supporting workplace health promotion practitioners; AAPSalud is already a partner through GCHW/IAWHP and operates a directly overlapping membership, certification, and continuing-education mandate for worksite health promoters.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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