Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social

What Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social does

The Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social de Antioquia is the departmental health authority for Colombia's Antioquia department, operating as a government administrative entity under the Gobernación de Antioquia and aligned with the national Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social within the SGSSS (Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud) framework. It serves over 7 million residents across all 125 municipalities of Antioquia through health policy implementation, public health surveillance, health insurance administration (régimen subsidiado and contributivo), and coordination of the integrated health service network (RISS). The entity functions as a regulator, coordinator, and technical assistance provider rather than a direct healthcare deliverer, with public hospitals (ESE network), private providers (IPS), and health insurance companies (EPS/EAPB) operating under its oversight. Current leadership is headed by Secretaria Alma Solano Sánchez, appointed to lead the health and social inclusion portfolio.

Its technology platform is built around three core health information systems: SISPRO (Sistema Integral de Información de la Protección Social) for social protection data management, SIVIGILA (Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud Pública) for epidemiological surveillance, and the Observatorio de Salud de Antioquia (OSSA) — a proprietary data analytics platform providing health situation analysis across all 125 municipalities with subregional granularity on demographics, morbidity, mortality, and health determinants. The ASIS (Análisis de Situación de Salud) system generates standardized municipal health profiles, while the Ventanilla Virtual de Información de Salud provides downloadable health datasets for academic and scientific research going back to 2007. Additional digital services include the Orientación a Servicios portal for provider registration and mandatory social service assignments, the Registro de Prestadores for healthcare provider administration, and clinical history interoperability standards for electronic health record integration across IPS providers. The Programa Aéreo Social extends healthcare delivery to remote and indigenous communities via aerial service routes.

The entity is funded exclusively through national and departmental budget allocations, primarily via Colombia's Sistema General de Participaciones (SGP) health transfers and departmental tax revenues. No commercial pricing model exists, and all services are provided at no cost to citizens. Customer segments span the general population (7M+ residents), public hospital networks (ESE), regulated healthcare providers (IPS/EAPB), and 125 municipal health authorities requiring technical assistance for territorial health plan implementation. Marketing is conducted through official channels: the dssa.gov.co website, social media (Facebook @SecSaludAntioquia, X @SaludAntioquia), press releases, and direct citizen service lines.

Name

Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social

Legal name

Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social de Antioquia

Website

https://dssa.gov.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social de Antioquia is the Colombian departmental government health authority that regulates, coordinates, and oversees public health services for over 7 million residents across 125 municipalities through surveillance, insurance administration, and health information systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Administration

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Other General Government Support (921190), Administration of Economic Programs (9261)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIABAH

State/Provincial Health Department & Public Health Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

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State/Provincial/Regional Health Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

Keywords

• Public health administration
• Health regulation
• Epidemiological surveillance
• Health service oversight
• Public health policy

Headquarters

HQ city

Medellín

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: Public government entity funded through national and departmental budget allocations from tax revenues and Sistema General de Participaciones (SGP) transfers specifically designated for health. Operates as a regulatory and service coordination body rather than a revenue-generating entity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social de Antioquia is the departmental public health authority of Antioquia, Colombia. It directs, oversees, and regulates public health services and health service providers across the department's 125 municipalities. Its core functions include epidemiological surveillance, sanitary inspection, health service authorization, public health policy implementation, and coordination with national health authorities.

Product overview

Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social de Antioquia operates as a departmental government health authority providing public health programs, administrative services, and health information systems. The core offerings include the Plan de Acción en Salud (PAS) for annual health planning and the Plan de Intervenciones Colectivas (PIC) for community health initiatives, supplemented by the Programa Aéreo Social (PAS) for reaching remote populations. Digital service delivery is handled through the Orientación a Servicios portal, the Ventanilla Virtual de Información de Salud for research requests, and the health insurance enrollment system. Health data and surveillance are managed through the Observatorio de Salud de Antioquia (OSSA) and the Análisis de Situación de Salud (ASIS) municipal analysis system. Supporting infrastructure includes the health services network, provider registry, clinical interoperability standards, and monitoring/evaluation systems for territorial health plans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Health Service Authorization and Licensing
• Epidemiological Surveillance (SIVIGILA)
• Sanitary Inspection and Oversight (OSSA)
• Public Health Policy Implementation (PDSP)
• Departmental Health Information System (SISPRO)

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Nueva EPSminorOthers · 21 January 2025Health insurance company under government intervention. Owes COP 30,800+ million to ESE Hospital Francisco Valderrama de Turbo. Requested to present contingency plan for continued service delivery.
• Savia Salud EPSminorOthers · 21 January 2025Health insurance company under government intervention. Jointly responsible for COP 30,800+ million debt to ESE Hospital Francisco Valderrama de Turbo.
• Coosalud EPSminorOthers · 21 January 2025Health insurance company under government intervention. Jointly responsible for COP 30,800+ million debt to ESE Hospital Francisco Valderrama de Turbo.
• Ministerio de Salud y Protección SocialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational ministry responsible for health policy formulation, technical guidelines, and regulatory framework. The departmental health secretariat operates under national ministry directives and implements national health programs including vaccination, disease surveillance, and health insurance schemes.
• Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS)coreTechnology or IntegrationNational health institute providing laboratory services, epidemiological surveillance coordination, and public health research. Partner for SIVIGILA system and disease monitoring across Antioquia.
• Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE)coreTechnology or IntegrationNational statistics authority providing demographic projections, census data, and vital statistics used for health planning and population-based health metrics.
• SISPRO (Sistema Integral de Información de la Protección Social)coreTechnology or IntegrationNational health information system platform used for health planning, budget tracking, and health service monitoring at territorial level.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Secretaría Departamental de Salud del Valle del Cauca: Departmental health authority for Valle del Cauca, performing the same SGSSS-implementation, ESE oversight, and SIVIGILA-based surveillance role for another large Colombian department. Most structurally comparable peer at the same administrative level.
• Secretaría Distrital de Salud de Bogotá: Bogotá's district-level health secretariat performs directly comparable functions: territorial health authority, hospital network oversight, public health surveillance, and health insurance enrollment, but for the Bogotá capital district rather than the Antioquia department.

Broad incumbents

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Regional multilateral health agency that coordinates public health policy and surveillance frameworks across the Americas. Comparable in mission (population health surveillance, policy guidance, technical assistance) but operates at hemispheric rather than departmental scope.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): U.S. federal public health agency performing disease surveillance, health data analytics, and population health research at a much larger scale. Overlaps with OSSA/SIVIGILA-style surveillance and ASIS-style situation analysis missions.
• World Health Organization (WHO): Global multilateral agency coordinating international health policy, surveillance, and emergency response. Comparable function (population health governance and surveillance) but at global rather than subnational level.
• Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS): Colombia's national public health institute, a core partner of the secretariat for laboratory services, epidemiological surveillance coordination, and SIVIGILA operations. Plays a national-level role with overlapping surveillance and research mandates.
• Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia: The Colombian national health ministry sets policy and regulatory framework (SGSSS) that the Antioquia secretariat implements. Operates at the broader national level but performs overlapping functions of health system oversight, surveillance, and financing.

Regional players

• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): UK public health agency responsible for health protection, surveillance, and emergency response. Comparable mission focus (population health protection and surveillance) but operates at national rather than subnational level in a different country.
• California Department of Public Health: U.S. state-level health authority performing comparable functions (regulation, surveillance, licensing, equity programs) for California's ~39M residents. Geographically separate but functionally analogous as a state/provincial health department.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SaludAntioquia
• Facebookfacebook.com/SecSaludAntioquia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/secretar%C3%ADa-seccional-de-salud-y-protecci%C3%B3n-social

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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