Organismo Andino De Salud Convenio Hipolito Unanue

What Organismo Andino De Salud Convenio Hipolito Unanue does

ORAS-CONHU (Organismo Andino de Salud - Convenio Hipólito Unanue) is an intergovernmental health integration organization founded in 1971 under the Andean Integration System, headquartered in Lima, Peru, with a lean secretariat of approximately 20 employees. It coordinates public health policy and programs among the health ministries of six Andean member states: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela—collectively serving over 173 million citizens. Its core activities are conducted through the Meetings of Ministers of Health of the Andean Area (REMSAA), technical committees, border health coordination mechanisms, and digital platforms including the Virtual Campus (Campus Virtual), the Sala Situacional situational health monitoring system, and the Regional Genomic Surveillance Observatory.

The organization's product portfolio consists of programmatic and digital coordination tools rather than commercial products: regional plans (Andean Plan on Health and Climate Change, Border Health Plan, HIV/AIDS Stigma Elimination Plan, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Plan), the Semana Andina de Vacunación en Fronteras vaccination initiative, the NotiSalud Andinas bulletin series, webinar series, and digital repositories. In 2026, it was assigned new operational mandates including the regional joint pharmaceutical price negotiation platform (Resolution REMSAA XL/3) and the Andean Observatory of Health and Health Investment (Resolution XL/5). Its revenue model is based on annual contributions from the six member states supplemented by grants from international organizations including WHO, PAHO/OPS, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA, and the Global Fund. The organization maintains formal cooperation agreements with WHO, PAHO (extended through 2029), and a growing network of regional partners including the Parlamento Andino and Fundación Movimiento Salud for digital health collaboration.

Name

Organismo Andino De Salud Convenio Hipolito Unanue

Legal name

Organismo Andino de Salud - Convenio Hipólito Unanue

Website

https://orasconhu.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ORAS-CONHU is an intergovernmental health organization founded in 1971 that coordinates public health policy and regional programs among the health ministries of six Andean countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela), serving over 173 million citizens through ministerial meetings, technical committees, and digital platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intergovernmental Health Coordination

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Public Administration (92)

akta.pro primary industry

Multilateral Global Health Agencies (UN/IFIs) (HLAJAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Global Health & Population Intergovernmental Bodies (BPADAAAD), Health Systems Strengthening & Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnerships (HLAJAOAL)

Keywords

• Regional health coordination
• Public health policy
• Intergovernmental health
• Andean health integration
• Health diplomacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Lima

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Member State Contributions: Annual contributions from Andean member countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela) to fund organizational operations, meetings, and coordinated health initiatives. Peru holds the Pro Tempore Presidency of REMSAA.
2. International Organization Project Funding: Grants and project funding from international organizations including WHO, PAHO/OPS, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA, Global Fund, and others for specific health programs such as HIV elimination, adolescent health, vaccination campaigns, and climate change-health initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ORAS-CONHU is an intergovernmental health integration body that coordinates public health policies, programs, and emergency responses among six Andean countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). It operates ministerial meetings (REMSAA), technical committees, regional vaccination campaigns, health observatories, virtual training platforms, and joint pharmaceutical price negotiations to advance health cooperation across the Andean region.

Product overview

ORAS-CONHU (Organismo Andino de Salud - Convenio Hipólito Unanue) is a regional health integration organization coordinating public health initiatives among six Andean countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela). Rather than a commercial product company, ORAS-CONHU operates a portfolio of digital platforms and programmatic initiatives including the Campus Virtual for online health training, epidemiological bulletins (NotiSalud Andinas), webinar series, and digital repositories. The organization coordinates regional health programs such as the Andean Health and Climate Change Plan, Border Health Plan, HIV/AIDS Stigma Elimination Plan, and the Andean Vaccination Week. These platforms and programs serve to facilitate health cooperation, policy coordination, capacity building, and knowledge sharing among Andean member states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campus Virtual ORAS-CONHU
• Boletines NotiSalud Andinas
• Plan Andino para la Eliminación del Estigma y la Discriminación (PAEDS)
• Plan Andino de Salud y Cambio Climático (PASCC)
• Plan Andino de Salud en Fronteras
• Semana Andina de Vacunación en Fronteras (SAVF)
• Repositorio Digital ORAS-CONHU
• Situational Health Rooms (Sala Situacional)
• Regional Genomic Surveillance Observatory

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully coordinated regional response to Venezuela earthquake emergency, mobilizing 38+ tons of aid from Ecuador, 14+ tons from Peru, USAR teams from Colombia and Chile, and vaccination supplies.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• PAHO/OPS (Pan American Health Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal cooperation agreement extended until 2029 through Memorandum of Understanding. Joint work on pandemic preparedness, climate change and health, and regional health policy coordination. PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa recognized ORAS-CONHU as a strategic partner in Andean health integration.
• WHO (World Health Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive collaboration recognized by WHO Director General for pandemic agreement work and obesity policy leadership. ORAS-CONHU participated in the 78th World Health Assembly. WHO values collaboration to advance the health agenda in the Andean region and globally.
• UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation in children's health programs, including childhood development initiatives and health support for Venezuela earthquake response. ORAS-CONHU works with UNICEF on early childhood development policy.
• UNAIDSmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint coordination on HIV/AIDS elimination, including the Andean Plan for Stigma and Discrimination Elimination against people with HIV. Co-organized regional webinar 'Accelerating progress to end AIDS by 2030'.
• UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on adolescent pregnancy prevention, including the Andean Plan for Prevention and Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy 2026-2030. Co-organized forums on adolescent health and rights.
• Fundación Movimiento SaludmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFramework cooperation signed August 2025 to strengthen collaboration in digital health. Partnership builds on prior work with Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (CIFS) since 2021. Aims to improve access and quality of health services through digital technologies.
• CODAJIC (Confederation of Adolescents and Youth of Latin America, Italy and Caribbean)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation agreement signed May 2025 for adolescent health and wellbeing. Joint work on youth participation in health policy and regional adolescent health initiatives.
• Colegio Médico del PerúmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint international forum 'Integrative Health: Traditional Medicine, Biodiversity and Environment' organized November 2025. Collaboration on traditional medicine and intercultural health.
• Parlamento AndinomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership announced July 2026 to unite forces for health in the Andean Region. Joint efforts to strengthen regional health integration and policy coordination.
• SE-COMISCA (Executive Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and Dominican Republic)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation since 2014 on joint forums including the VII Andean and Central American Forum 'Together for the prevention of pregnancy in Afro-descendant adolescents'. Regional health coordination between Andean and Central American blocks.
• Fiocruz (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Global Health and Health Diplomacy Course participation. ORAS-CONHU presented Andean health situation at Fiocruz's Course of Current Issues in Global Health. Collaboration on climate and health monitoring for COP30.
• SLANH (Latin American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of the First Andean Course on Chronic Kidney Disease for non-nephrologist physicians. Training 288 doctors across six Andean countries on kidney disease prevention and management.
• Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic mission 2025 'Integration and Multilateralism in 21st Century Latin America'. Virtual visit to ORAS-CONHU for students to learn about Andean health integration and multilateral cooperation.
• Global FundmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in regional HIV/AIDS forums and coordination on funding for elimination programs. Part of multi-stakeholder approach to HIV response in Latin America.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Africa CDC: Continental public health agency of the African Union, coordinating disease surveillance, emergency response, and laboratory networks across AU member states. Functionally analogous to ORAS-CONHU's convening-plus-operations model at a much larger geographic and political scale.
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): EU agency focused on infectious disease surveillance, epidemic intelligence, and public health training. Analogous to ORAS-CONHU's surveillance and training functions (Sala Situacional, Campus Virtual, Genomic Observatory) but operating at a much larger scale and budget.
• World Health Organization (WHO): Global directing and coordinating authority on international health; ORAS-CONHU participates in the World Health Assembly and is formally recognized by the WHO Director-General. Operates at a far larger scale but with overlapping objectives on pandemic preparedness, NCDs, and health systems strengthening.
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO): Regional health organization for the Americas under the WHO umbrella; the most direct institutional counterpart to ORAS-CONHU at a continental scale. Operates the Strategic Fund for joint pharmaceutical procurement—a closely related mechanism to ORAS-CONHU's Resolution XL/3—and is a formal strategic partner via MOU through 2029.

Direct peers

• Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA): Regional public health agency for the Caribbean, serving CARICOM member states with surveillance, laboratory, and health-promotion mandates. Comparable to ORAS-CONHU in its subregional health-integration role, covering a different but structurally similar geographic bloc.
• Parlamento Andino: Andean parliamentary body representing the same six member countries, with which ORAS-CONHU signed a cooperation agreement in July 2026. Operates in the same subregional integration architecture and is now formally allied to advance health-policy coordination across the Andean bloc.
• SE-COMISCA (Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroamérica y República Dominicana): Executive Secretariat of the Central American Health Ministers Council, serving as the institutional counterpart to ORAS-CONHU for Central America and the Dominican Republic. Already a cooperation partner since 2014, SE-COMISCA shares the same intergovernmental health-integration model targeting a different subregion.
• ASEAN Health Sector / Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development: ASEAN's health coordination body, including the Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development and the ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting. Closely mirrors ORAS-CONHU's regional health-minister convening model for Southeast Asian member states.

Regional players

• Pacific Community (SPC) Public Health Division: Regional organization serving Pacific Island nations with public health programming, surveillance, and laboratory services. Comparable to ORAS-CONHU as a subregional health body, but serving a different oceanic geography rather than directly competing.

Others

• Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz): Brazilian public health research and training institution and a formal cooperation partner of ORAS-CONHU (joint Global Health and Health Diplomacy Course, COP30 climate-health collaboration). Comparable as a regional health-knowledge institution, though with a domestic-research mandate rather than intergovernmental convening.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles7 records

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