Instituto departamental de salud

What Instituto departamental de salud does

The Instituto Departamental de Salud de Norte de Santander (IDS) is the departmental-level public health authority for the Norte de Santander department in northeastern Colombia, operating under the Gobernación de Norte de Santander. It coordinates and delivers the full scope of departmental public health functions: epidemiological surveillance (SIVIGILA), vaccination campaigns (including the recent dengue vaccination drive for 9-year-olds), vector-borne disease control, environmental health monitoring, port sanitation at international entry points, medication safety oversight, and community-based surveillance. Its service population spans the residents of San José de Cúcuta, rural border communities, and migrant populations crossing the Colombia-Venezuela frontier, with the PMU Fronterizo framework providing the coordination vehicle for cross-border emergency health response.

IDS operates a fragmented portfolio of administrative and surveillance information systems that constitute its core technology footprint. These include PQRSD for citizen petitions, complaints, and claims management; SIEPDOC IDS for institutional document and correspondence workflows; SIUN Juriscol integration for normative consultation; the Sistema de Salud Ambiental for environmental health; the Sistema de Información de Vectores for vector entomology and control; the Sistema de Sanidad Portuaria for port sanitation; the Sistema de Información de Medicamentos for medication oversight; and Vigilancia Basada en la Comunidad for community-level surveillance. Operationally, the entity maintains four physical sites in San José de Cúcuta: the main headquarters, a Vector Control office, a Public Health Laboratory, and the CRUE Centro Regulador de Urgencias y Emergencias emergency regulation center. No API, SDK, AI, or machine learning capabilities are disclosed across these systems.

As a Colombian state government entity, IDS does not generate commercial revenue. It is funded through departmental and national budget allocations within the Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud (SGSSS), and its services are delivered to citizens at no direct cost under the contributory and subsidized regimes. There is no commercial pricing model, no equity investors, and no M&A or funding-round history. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed on the official source material, and growth dynamics are anchored to fiscal policy rather than market demand.

Name

Instituto departamental de salud

Legal name

Instituto Departamental de Salud de Norte de Santander

Website

https://ids.gov.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Instituto Departamental de Salud de Norte de Santander is a Colombian departmental government health authority that coordinates public health programs, epidemiological surveillance, vaccination campaigns, and health information systems for the Norte de Santander population, including border and migrant communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Administration

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312), Administration of Public Health Programs (923120)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

National/State/Local Immunization Program Offices (HLAJAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Integration, Interoperability & Reporting (ELR/HIE/CDC/NNDSS) (HLAJABAN), Program Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) (HLAJANAA), Immunization & Vaccination Programs Administration (BPAIAJAD), Public Health & Immunization Data Exchange (ELR, case reporting, registry reporting) (HLACABAL)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Epidemiological surveillance
• Vaccination programs
• Vector control services
• Health information systems

Headquarters

HQ city

San José de Cúcuta

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Funding: As a departmental public health entity, the Instituto Departamental de Salud operates under government budgetary allocations from departmental and national health authorities. Revenue is derived from public tax funding allocated through the Colombian health system (Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud).

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Instituto Departamental de Salud de Norte de Santander (IDS) is a departmental government public health entity that coordinates and delivers public health services for the Norte de Santander department of Colombia. Its core offerings include epidemiological surveillance (SIVIGILA), vaccination programs (e.g., dengue vaccination for 9-year-olds), vector control operations, public health laboratory analysis, emergency medical response coordination (CRUE), port sanitation services, and field epidemiology training. The entity operates specialized units including the Public Health Laboratory, Vector Control Division, Emergency Regulation Center (CRUE), and integrates information systems for environmental health, medication surveillance, and community-based disease monitoring.

Product overview

Instituto Departamental de Salud de Norte de Santander es una entidad de salud pública departamental que opera como un portal gubernamental con múltiples módulos y sistemas de información. El portafolio incluye sistemas internos de gestión documental (SIEPDOC IDS), atención ciudadana (PQRSD), consulta normativa (SIUN Juriscol), y diversos sistemas de vigilancia en salud como salud ambiental, vectores, sanidad portuaria, medicamentos y vigilancia comunitaria. La arquitectura es de plataforma fragmentada con múltiples sistemas especializados operando de forma independiente.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention

Quantifiable outcome

• 32 professionals completed Field Epidemiology Training Program – Frontline Level
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social de Antioquia: Departmental health authority for Antioquia, Colombia's most populous department. Operates the same mandate as IDS — vaccination, SIVIGILA surveillance, vector control, lab network, emergency coordination — at a larger scale, making it the closest direct functional peer.
• Secretaría Distrital de Salud de Bogotá: District-level public health authority for Bogotá, delivering immunization, SIVIGILA surveillance, vector control, and emergency regulation at city scale — same functional remit and digital architecture (PQRSD, document management) as IDS.
• Secretaría Departamental de Salud del Cesar: Departmental health authority for Cesar, a Colombian department sharing the Venezuelan border and similar rural/migrant population health pressures. Direct structural peer to IDS in scale, geography, and mandate.
• Secretaría de Salud Departamental de La Guajira: Departmental health authority for La Guajira, another Colombian-Venezuelan border department with comparable migrant health, vector-borne disease, and pediatric vaccination challenges. Operationally the most analogous peer to IDS given shared border dynamics.
• Secretaría Departamental de Salud del Valle del Cauca: Departmental health authority for Valle del Cauca executing the same public health administration mandate (immunization, disease surveillance, lab, environmental health) under the Colombian SGSSS framework.

Broad incumbents

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): WHO regional office for the Americas that funds and operates the FETP-Frontline program (which IDS uses), provides border-health technical cooperation, and co-finances departmental vaccination campaigns. Strategic coordinator and capacity-builder rather than direct operator.
• Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS): Colombia's national reference laboratory and SIVIGILA coordinator. Operates the upstream surveillance and lab-confirmation network that departmental entities like IDS feed into and consume outputs from. Functionally adjacent rather than directly competitive.
• Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia: National-level Colombian health authority that funds, regulates, and sets policy for IDS and the other 32 departmental health secretariats. Not a direct operational peer but defines the funding, reporting, and technology standards IDS must follow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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