Conselho De Secretarias Municipais Saúde De Minas

What Conselho De Secretarias Municipais Saúde De Minas does

COSEMS-MG (Conselho de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde de Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian non-profit civil association founded in April 1991 that serves as the exclusive representative body for all 853 municipal health secretaries in the state of Minas Gerais. It functions as a permanent forum for institutional articulation, experience-sharing, and technical support, connecting local municipal health managers with state-level bodies (notably the Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais via the Comissão Intergestores Bipartite) and national SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde) deliberative instances including CONASEMS and the Comissão Intergestores Tripartite. Its territorial reach is organized through 28 regional COSEMS structures spanning 16 macrorregiões across the state, headquartered in Belo Horizonte.

The organization's product portfolio combines institutional representation services with a set of digital tools and training programs. Core technology assets include SISLOG (internal logistics and management system), the Portal do Cosems (document management portal), an interactive regional map platform covering all 842-853 municipalities, a Plataforma EAD (distance-learning platform), and a certificate issuance platform. Training offerings include the Eu Gestor 2026 leadership program and Capacitação em Gestão Municipal (600 spots distributed by regional health area). The organization also coordinates specialized public-health programs including CORE (state regulation operations), PATE (specialized care integration), Programa Miguilim (pediatric eye health), and Programa Filhos de Minas (prenatal and maternal health). Corporate and institutional supporters include Fiocruz, Einstein Hospital Israelita, Santa Casa BH, Novartis, Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim, Organon, Feluma, Helibras, and RCS.

COSEMS-MG operates with administrative, financial, and patrimonial autonomy, governed by an elected Board of Directors with a General Assembly of municipal health secretaries as its controlling body. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and derives from membership contributions and government/institutional partnerships rather than commercial sales. The entity has 11-50 employees and operates exclusively within Brazil, with no geographic expansion outside Minas Gerais. Leadership for the 2025-2027 term is headed by President Edivaldo Farias da Silva Filho.

Name

Conselho De Secretarias Municipais Saúde De Minas

Legal name

Conselho de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde de Minas Gerais

Website

https://cosemsmg.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

COSEMS-MG is a Brazilian non-profit association founded in 1991 that exclusively represents all 853 municipal health secretaries of Minas Gerais, providing institutional representation, technical support, training programs, and digital tools to strengthen municipal health management within the SUS public health system.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Belo Horizonte

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership-based representation: As an entity representing all 853 municipal health secretaries in Minas Gerais, COSEMS-MG operates with autonomy administrative, financial and patrimonial. Funding derives from membership contributions and government partnerships for specific programs and initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

COSEMS-MG is a non-profit civil association that represents all 853 municipal health secretaries in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It provides institutional representation in SUS governance bodies (CIB, CIT), technical support and orientation for municipal health management, and training programs for health managers, organized through 28 regional COSEMS structures covering 16 macro-regions.

Product overview

COSEMS-MG operates as a unified institutional platform providing representation, technical support, and digital tools for 853 municipal health secretaries across 28 regional health areas in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The organization offers a portfolio of web-based products including SISLOG (internal logistics system), Portal do Cosems (document management), an interactive regional map platform, and training programs such as Eu Gestor 2026 and Capacitação em Gestão Municipal. Additional specialized programs include CORE (health regulation operations), PATE (specialized care integration), Programa Miguilim (eye health), and Programa Filhos de Minas (maternal health), all serving municipal health management needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Institutional Representation and Technical Support

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered supporting partner, key institutional partner, corporate supporter, core national partner and core state partner.

• Einstein Hospital Israelitasupporting partnerOthersHealthcare institution listed as a supporter of COSEMS-MG activities. Provides institutional backing for health management initiatives.
• Fiocruzkey institutional partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerOswaldo Cruz Foundation - major Brazilian public health research institution. Collaborates on health policy initiatives and was a co-promoter of the FIOCRUZ É SUS award recognizing successful municipal health experiences.
• Santa Casa BHsupporting partnerOthersHistoric philanthropic hospital in Belo Horizonte listed as supporter of COSEMS-MG activities.
• Novartiscorporate supporterOthersPharmaceutical company listed as supporter of COSEMS-MG activities.
• Felumasupporting partnerOthersHealthcare-related institution listed as supporter of COSEMS-MG activities.
• Helibrascorporate supporterOthersHelicopter manufacturer listed as supporter of COSEMS-MG activities.
• Organoncorporate supporterOthersPharmaceutical company listed as supporter of COSEMS-MG activities.
• RCSsupporting partnerOthersHealthcare institution listed as supporter of COSEMS-MG activities.
• Boehringer Ingelheimcorporate supporterOthersPharmaceutical company listed as supporter of COSEMS-MG activities.
• Rochecorporate supporterOthersPharmaceutical company listed as supporter of COSEMS-MG activities.
• CONASEMScore national partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerConselho Nacional de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde - the national body representing all state COSEMS entities. COSEMS-MG is an affiliated member and participates in national congresses, the Mostra 'Brasil, aqui tem SUS', and coordinated health policy initiatives.
• Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais (SES-MG)core state partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerState Health Secretary - the primary state-level partner for COSEMS-MG. Collaborates through the CIB (Comissão Intergestores Bipartite) on health policy formulation, resource allocation, and regional health system coordination.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• COSEMS/SP (Conselho de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde de São Paulo): State-level counterpart representing municipal health secretaries of São Paulo. Operates the same representation, CIB participation, training, and technical support model across all 645 São Paulo municipalities.
• COSEMS/RS (Conselho das Secretarias Municipais de Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul): Rio Grande do Sul state-level equivalent providing representation and technical support to municipal health secretaries across the state's municipalities under the same SUS governance framework.
• CONASEMS (Conselho Nacional de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde): National-level council aggregating all 27 state COSEMS entities including COSEMS-MG. Most direct peer: same membership-based representation model for municipal health secretaries, but at the federal level, coordinating national SUS policy advocacy and congresses.
• COSEMS/RJ (Conselho de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro): State-level council representing municipal health secretaries in Rio de Janeiro. Shares COSEMS-MG's mandate structure, CIB membership, and training program delivery model for municipal health managers.
• COSEMS/BA (Conselho Estadual dos Secretários Municipais de Saúde da Bahia): Bahia state-level municipal health secretary council operating the same CIB-participating, training-providing, and inter-municipal coordination model as COSEMS-MG.
• COSEMS/PR (Conselho de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde do Paraná): Paraná state-level council with analogous mandate, structure, and SUS inter-federative representation role as COSEMS-MG, serving municipal health secretaries across Paraná municipalities.

Regional players

• EUREGHA (European Regional and Local Health Authorities): European reference network for regional and local health authorities. International analogue representing subnational health authorities, structurally similar to COSEMS-MG's coordination role for municipal health managers but operating in European health systems.

Emerging players

• Abrasco (Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva): Brazilian academic public health association connecting researchers, professors, and practitioners. Partial overlap with COSEMS-MG as a knowledge network serving the Brazilian public health ecosystem, but focused on academia rather than municipal management.

Broad incumbents

• Conselho Nacional de Saúde (CNS): Brazilian national health council overseeing SUS policy at the federal level with social participation. Related to COSEMS-MG through shared SUS governance context but with broader stakeholder representation beyond municipal secretaries.
• NACCHO (National Association of County and City Health Officials): US-based membership association representing nearly 3,000 local health departments. Closest international analogue to COSEMS-MG's role of representing and supporting municipal-level public health managers, though operating in a different health system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/cosemsmg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conselho-de-secretarias-municipais-sa%C3%BAde-de-minas
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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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