Centro Estadual De Vigilância em Saúde

What Centro Estadual De Vigilância em Saúde does

Centro Estadual de Vigilância em Saúde (CEVS) is the state-level public health surveillance agency of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, operating under the Secretaria da Saúde do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul as part of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). Headquartered at Av. Ipiranga 5400, Porto Alegre, with 55 employees, the agency coordinates sanitary, environmental, epidemiological, and worker health surveillance across all 497 municipalities of the state, serving the general population, health professionals, municipal health managers, and regulated health establishments. Its mandate covers disease surveillance and outbreak response, laboratory diagnostics, immunization coordination, food and environmental safety monitoring, and public health emergency response through CIEVS/RS.

CEVS operates a portfolio of integrated information systems and services built largely on national SUS infrastructure. Core offerings include the SINAN mandatory disease notification system, the GAL laboratory environment manager, the LACEN/RS central public health laboratory, the Tabnet epidemiological tabulation platform, and the Monitora RS real-time dashboard built on Power BI. The Disque Vigilância 150 hotline serves as the primary citizen and professional entry point. The agency is connected to federal platforms including ConecteSUS, RNDS, and SouGov for vaccination records and International Health Regulations-compliant services, including yellow fever CIVP certificate issuance in coordination with ANVISA and PAHO/WHO. Technology infrastructure is delivered through PROCERGS, the state IT center.

CEVS is a non-commercial government entity funded entirely by the Rio Grande do Sul state health budget. All services are provided free of charge, and there is no pricing model, venture funding, or revenue stream in the conventional sense. The agency is LGPD-compliant and follows eMAG and WCAG accessibility standards. Its competitive position rests on statutory authority, embedded distribution across the state public health network, and decades of accumulated epidemiological data rather than any product-based differentiation.

Name

Centro Estadual De Vigilância em Saúde

Legal name

Centro Estadual de Vigilância em Saúde

Website

https://cevs.rs.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CEVS is the Rio Grande do Sul state health surveillance agency coordinating epidemiological, sanitary, environmental, and worker health monitoring across all 497 municipalities, operating SINAN, LACEN, Monitora RS, and the Disque Vigilância 150 hotline as part of Brazil's SUS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Surveillance

akta.pro primary industry

Disease & Condition Surveillance Programs (HLAJANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sentinel Site & Community-Based Surveillance (HLAJANAN), Syndromic & Event-Based Surveillance (HLAJANAC), Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance & Coverage Monitoring (HLAJABAK)

Keywords

• Public health surveillance
• Epidemiological monitoring
• Disease notification systems
• Laboratory diagnostic services
• Vaccination program coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto Alegre

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Centro Estadual de Vigilância em Saúde (CEVS) coordinates state-level public health surveillance for Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It operates epidemiological monitoring systems including SINAN (disease notification), GAL (laboratory management), Tabnet (statistical reporting), and the Monitora RS real-time Power BI dashboard. The agency runs the LACEN/RS central public health laboratory, the Disque Vigilância 150 citizen hotline, CIEVS/RS emergency response center, and specialized surveillance programs for arboviruses, immunization, occupational health, and food safety.

Product overview

Centro Estadual de Vigilância em Saúde (CEVS) operates as a unified health surveillance platform providing multiple interconnected services. The core offerings include the Disque Vigilância 150 hotline for citizen inquiries and the MONITORA RS Power BI dashboard for real-time epidemiological monitoring. Supporting these are information systems including SINAN (disease notification), GAL (laboratory management), and Tabnet (epidemiological analysis). The portfolio also includes specialized surveillance programs for arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya, Zika), immunization services, and laboratory services through LACEN/RS. CEVS produces regular publications including the quarterly Boletim Epidemiológico and the Guia de Vigilância em Saúde technical guide. CIEVS/RS provides emergency health response capabilities for rapid response to health threats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Disque Vigilância 150: Tele-attendance service for health surveillance guidance to the general population and health professionals
• Monitora RS

Products and services

• Monitora RS

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ANVISA - Agência Nacional de Vigilância SanitáriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational health surveillance agency providing regulatory frameworks, technical guidelines, and coordinated response for sanitary surveillance activities including cosmetics, sanitizers, medicines, health products, and food safety.
• PAHO/WHO - Pan American Health Organization / World Health OrganizationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational health organization for disease surveillance, health emergencies, and International Health Regulations (IHR) compliance, including yellow fever vaccination certificate (CIVP) issuance.
• SES/RS - Secretaria da Saúde do Rio Grande do SulcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent state health secretariat providing administrative oversight, financing, and policy direction for all state health programs including surveillance activities.
• PROCERGS - Centro de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação do EstadocoreTechnology or IntegrationState technology and communication center providing IT infrastructure, system hosting, website development, and data processing services for CEVS digital operations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz): Brazilian federal public health institution under the Ministry of Health, operating research, laboratory diagnostics, and surveillance training. Overlaps with CEVS in epidemiological surveillance, public health laboratory work (LACEN's national peers), and disease response but at national scale with research mandate CEVS does not have.
• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): UK government agency responsible for health protection, infectious disease surveillance, and emergency response — comparable scope to CEVS's portfolio with broader national reach and additional regulatory functions.
• Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA): Brazilian federal health surveillance regulator for sanitary products, medicines, food, and health services. CEVS coordinates with ANVISA on sanitary surveillance and shares the regulatory health surveillance function but at state execution level rather than national standard-setting.

Others

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO): International health organization partnering with CEVS on IHR compliance, disease surveillance standards, and emergency response. Functions as a normative/coordination layer rather than a direct operational peer, but defines the frameworks CEVS implements.

Direct peers

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): EU agency coordinating infectious disease surveillance, epidemiological intelligence, and public health threat response across member states — a peer in mission and function (disease surveillance, outbreak response, laboratory network coordination).
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): US federal public health agency performing disease surveillance, epidemiological monitoring, laboratory diagnostics, emergency response, and health guidance — directly analogous to CEVS's mandate but at national scale and with far greater resources.
• Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica de São Paulo (CVE-SP): São Paulo state's epidemiological surveillance center, operating under SES-SP with the same disease surveillance, outbreak response, and laboratory coordination role as CEVS but at larger scale; the closest functional peer in Brazil.

Regional players

• Secretaria da Saúde do Estado de Minas Gerais (SES-MG): State health secretariat of Minas Gerais with analogous surveillance directorate and municipal coordination model. Operates in a different Brazilian state with similar structure but does not directly compete; useful peer for benchmarking state-level surveillance organization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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