Secretária De Saude Itapaje

What Secretária De Saude Itapaje does

The Secretaria Municipal de Saude de Itapaje is the public municipal health secretariat of Itapaje, a municipality in the state of Ceara in northeastern Brazil. It functions as the local administrator of Brazil's Sistema Unico de Saude (SUS), the country's universal public health system, and is responsible for planning, financing, and delivering primary healthcare services to the resident population of the municipality. The entity operates a network of more than 25 health units spanning basic health units, specialized clinics, and surveillance infrastructure, supported by a directly employed staff of 41 personnel. Its service portfolio covers primary care, maternal and child health, immunization, epidemiological surveillance, oral health, and outpatient specialties, supplemented by partnerships such as the Colgate-supported 'Sorriso Saudavel' oral-health program for children.

The business model is that of a publicly funded municipal department rather than a commercial enterprise. Revenue is derived from three channels: federal-floor SUS transfers (approximately R$532K received in 2021 as a cofinancing baseline), municipal own-source revenues collected and allocated through the city budget (the total Itapaje municipal budget for 2026 is approximately R$180 million), and intergovernmental grants tied to specific programs such as UNICEF and transparency certifications. The secretariat has no private shareholders, does not sell services in a competitive market, and does not generate profit; its output metrics are service coverage, vaccination rates, and epidemiological indicators rather than revenue. Its 2021-2024 Selo UNICEF certification and Selo ATRICON transparency seal indicate compliance with national social-policy and transparency benchmarks that unlock additional federal and state funding.

Operationally the secretariat has limited in-house technology depth. Its most significant recent governance action is Municipal Decree 079/2025, which establishes the municipal digital-government program and obligates administrative modernization across municipal departments. The secretariat has no disclosed AI, proprietary software, or data-platform capability; its technology footprint is limited to standard government systems, procurement portals, and transparency websites. The customer base is by definition the entire resident population of Itapaje served through SUS, and there is no commercial go-to-market motion or pricing model beyond public-sector budgeting cycles.

Name

Secretária De Saude Itapaje

Legal name

Prefeitura Municipal de Itapajé - Secretaria da Saúde

Website

https://itapaje.ce.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Secretaria Municipal de Saude de Itapaje is the public municipal health secretariat of Itapaje, Ceara, Brazil, administering SUS-funded primary healthcare across more than 25 health units for the resident municipal population.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

City/Municipal Public Health Departments (HLAJAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Primary healthcare
• Municipal health
• Pharmaceutical distribution
• Health surveillance

Headquarters

HQ city

Itapajé

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SUS Transfers: Federal transfers from Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) for primary healthcare, specialized care, pharmaceutical assistance, nursing, health surveillance, and COVID-19 response. Includes transfers from Fundo Nacional de Saúde (FNS) for health equipment and permanent materials for health units.
2. Municipal Health Fund (Fundo Municipal de Saúde): Local budget allocation for health services maintenance and operations managed through the municipal health fund.
3. State Health Transfers: State-level transfers for SUS and health programs including convênios (agreements) with state government.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Secretaria da Saude de Itapaje is the municipal health department of Itapaje, Ceara, Brazil, operating a comprehensive public health network under the SUS (Sistema Unico de Saude) framework. It delivers free primary care, specialized care, mental health services, physiotherapy, dental health, pharmaceutical distribution, and health surveillance to the municipality's residents through 25+ health units including UBS locations, Centro de Apoio Psicossocial, Centro Municipal de Fisioterapia, Centro de Abastecimento Farmaceutico, and Hospital Municipal.

Product overview

The Secretaria da Saúde de Itapajé operates a comprehensive public health system consisting of multiple service modules. The main offering includes the Portal da Saúde Farmacêutica for medication information, a pharmaceutical distribution system spanning multiple health units, the Plano Municipal de Saúde for strategic health planning, hospital and outpatient care services through SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde), and a network of Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) providing primary care. The health department also manages specialized facilities including Centro de Apoio Psicossocial, Centro Municipal de Fisioterapia, and dental health services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Basic Health Units (UBS)
• Centro de Apoio Psicossocial (CAPS)
• Centro Municipal de Fisioterapia Jose Ferreira Gomes
• Hospital Municipal Joao Ferreira Gomes
• Pharmaceutical Distribution Service (Centro de Abastecimento Farmaceutico)
• Hospital and Outpatient Care (Assistencia Hospitalar e Ambulatorial)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ColgateminorOthers · 27 June 2026Partnership between Social Assistance and Colgate for dental health program, distributing 250 hygiene kits to community associations to promote oral health.
• SUS - Sistema Único de SaúdecoreOthersFederal national health system providing framework, funding transfers, and guidelines for municipal health service delivery. Includes FNS (Fundo Nacional de Saúde) transfers for health programs, equipment, and COVID-19 response.
• Fundo Nacional de Saúde (FNS)coreOthersNational Health Fund responsible for federal transfers to municipalities for health programs including primary care, specialized services, pharmaceutical assistance, and COVID-19 response. Provided R$ 532,842.53 in 2021 transfers.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São Paulo: Municipal Health Secretariat of São Paulo, Brazil's largest municipal SUS administrator serving over 12 million residents. Comparable as the largest-scale version of the same SUS-integrated municipal health administration model this entity operates, representing the upper bound of network size and budget scale.
• Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte: Municipal Health Secretariat of Belo Horizonte, one of Brazil's largest municipal health administrators. Comparable as a SUS-integrated municipal health authority operating UBS, specialty centers, and hospitals, though at vastly greater scale and with more developed digital service offerings.
• Ministério da Saúde (Brazil): Brazil's federal Ministry of Health, apex administrator of the SUS national health system. Comparable as the top of the SUS public health hierarchy that defines policy, channels FNS funding to municipal secretariats, and sets regulatory standards governing this entity's operations.
• Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Fortaleza (SMS Fortaleza): Municipal Health Secretariat of Fortaleza, the state capital of Ceará and a far larger metro area. Comparable as a SUS-integrated municipal health administrator operating UBS, CAPS, and hospital networks, but at significantly greater scale, broader specialty services, and substantially larger budget envelope.
• Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Recife: Municipal Health Secretariat of Recife, capital of Pernambuco state in northeastern Brazil. Comparable as a SUS-integrated municipal health administrator with similar UBS, CAPS, and hospital network structure, though at substantially greater scale and complexity.
• SESA - Secretaria da Saúde do Estado do Ceará: State Health Secretariat of Ceará, the state-level public health administration authority. Comparable as the broader SUS administrator in the same state that oversees state-level convênios (transfers) flowing to municipal secretariats including this entity, and that coordinates state-wide health policy and emergency response.

Direct peers

• Secretaria da Saúde de Quixadá: Municipal health secretariat of Quixadá, another small Ceará municipality of comparable demographic scale. Directly comparable as a SUS-integrated local health administrator with the same UBS-based primary care model and similar municipal-federal funding mix.
• Secretaria da Saúde de Sobral: Municipal health secretariat of Sobral, a similarly-sized municipality in Ceará state. Directly comparable as it operates an analogous SUS-integrated network of Basic Health Units, mental health services, and hospital care for a comparable population base, with the same three-stream funding structure of federal SUS transfers, municipal allocation, and state convênios.

Others

• Fiocruz - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz: Brazil's primary public health research and production foundation under the federal Ministry of Health. Comparable as a public health institution within the SUS ecosystem, though focused on research, vaccine production, and workforce training rather than direct primary care service delivery.
• EBSERH - Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares: Federal public company managing university hospitals within the SUS network. Comparable as a SUS-affiliated public healthcare operator and adjacent public health ecosystem participant, though focused on hospital network management rather than primary care administration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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