SEGURO POPULAR

What SEGURO POPULAR does

The Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Durango (labeled SEGURO POPULAR in the input) is the state government health ministry of Durango, Mexico, responsible for delivering free universal public healthcare to all residents. It operates a comprehensive service network spanning all 39 municipalities through fixed facilities — Hospital General 450, the CECAN oncology center, the CREE rehabilitation and epilepsy center, and Centros de Salud — supplemented by mobile and home-based channels including 45 Caravanas de la Salud (30 federal, 15 state), the Ruta de la Salud mobile diagnostic program, and the Médico en tu Casa home visit program. Administrative oversight is organized through four sanitary jurisdictions (Mezquital/Pueblo Nuevo, La Laguna, Sierra, Rodeo). Specialized service lines span oncology, epilepsy, mental health, pharmacovigilance through COPRISED, and epidemiological surveillance, with documented clinical outcomes including a 70% pediatric cancer survival rate at CECAN (up from 40%) and a statewide measles incidence of 0.46 per 100,000 inhabitants, among the lowest nationally.

The entity is funded entirely through state government budget allocations and federal health transfers (FASSA), with no commercial revenue streams and no pricing model; all services are provided free at the point of use regardless of insurance status. The organization operates under the Plan de Rescate del Sistema de Salud Durango 2023-2028, a multi-year modernization initiative backed by 155 million pesos in investment and the recruitment of 771 new medical staff including 76 specialists. Recent inter-institutional partnerships with IMSS, ISSSTE, CENATRA, OPS, and Patrimonio de la Beneficencia Pública enable coordination on vaccination campaigns, organ transplantation, prosthetics distribution, and epidemiological response. Leadership transitioned from Kondo Padilla to Nájera Torres concurrent with the Plan de Rescate rollout.

Name

SEGURO POPULAR

Legal name

Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Durango

Website

https://salud.durango.gob.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Durango is the state government health ministry of Durango, Mexico, providing free universal healthcare across all 39 municipalities through hospitals, specialized centers, mobile caravans, and home visit programs serving approximately 1.8 million residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK), Public/County Primary Care Clinics (HLAFAGAI)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Mobile health caravans
• Preventive healthcare programs
• State healthcare system
• Free medical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Durango

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Gobierno del Estado de Durango funding: Tax-funded public healthcare services provided free at point of use to all residents of Durango state. Funded through state government budget allocations and federal health funding (FASSA).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Provides free universal public healthcare services to all residents of the State of Durango, Mexico, across all 39 municipalities. Services are delivered through fixed facilities (hospitals, health centers, specialized centers like CECAN for cancer and CREE for rehabilitation), mobile health caravans (45 units covering rural areas on 20-day routes), the Ruta de la Salud mobile diagnostic program, and the Médico en tu Casa home-visit program. Includes preventive medicine, vaccination campaigns, maternal/child health, chronic disease management, cancer treatment, mental health services, and pharmaceutical distribution.

Product overview

The Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Durango operates a comprehensive public health system consisting of multiple interconnected programs and facilities. The core services include mobile health units (Caravanas de la Salud), the Ruta de la Salud mobile diagnostic program, and Médico en tu Casa home healthcare service. These are supported by regulatory bodies like COPRISED, specialized facilities including CECAN (cancer center) and CREE (rehabilitation center), four sanitary jurisdictions covering the state's regions, and administrative systems like SIASS for managing healthcare trainees. The system also operates Hospital General 450 and provides mental health coordination services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Caravanas de la Salud (PFAM - Programa Fortalecimiento a la Atención Médica) Mobile health units providing primary healthcare services in rural and underserved communities across the 39 municipalities of Durango, with 45 caravans (30 federal, 15 state) operating on a 20-day route cycle. Each caravan carries medical staff and supplies for primary healthcare delivery.
• Ruta de la Salud Mobile health route program complementing caravan services, providing free diagnostic studies including laboratory tests, X-rays, ultrasounds, electrocardiograms, spirometry, mammograms, and mental health services to remote communities.
• Médico en tu Casa Home healthcare visit program bringing medical services directly to patients in their residences, providing consultations and free medications to homebound and immobile patients across municipalities including Coneto de Comonfort, Nuevo Ideal, and Canatlán.
• COPRISED (Comisión para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios del Estado de Durango) Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks conducting food safety inspections, pharmacovigilance (163 RAM reports 2022-2025), and public health surveillance including the Cuaresma food safety monitoring operative.
• CECAN (Centro Estatal de Cancerología) State cancer center providing oncology treatment for adult and pediatric patients, achieving a 70% childhood cancer survival rate (up from 40%) with approximately 800 new cancer cases registered annually.
• CREE (Centro de Rehabilitación y Educación Especial) Rehabilitation and special education center providing over 1,400 medical attention services for epilepsy patients in the past three years, along with other rehabilitation services.
• Hospital General 450 Main general hospital in Durango providing secondary and tertiary specialized medical services, hosting events and serving as a reference facility for the state's healthcare system.
• Jurisdicciones Sanitarias Four sanitary jurisdictions covering different regions: Jurisdiction 1 (Mezquital and Pueblo Nuevo), Jurisdiction 2 (Gómez Palacio rural zone), Jurisdiction 3 (Sierra region), and Jurisdiction 4 (Rodeo area), providing administrative healthcare coverage across all municipalities.
• Coordinación de Salud Mental Mental health coordination program providing psychological screening and support for healthcare students and trainees (medical residents, interns, service social students), including suicide prevention programs.
• Centro Estatal de Trasplantes State Transplant Center managing organ and tissue donation, achieving 39 organ procurements and 14 corneal transplants in 2023, placing Durango 7th nationally in organ donation rankings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% childhood cancer survival rate at CECAN (up from 40%)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DIF EstatalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2025State family welfare agency led by Marisol Rosso Rivera. Co-organized National Epilepsy Congress 2025 with Secretaría de Salud and Programa Prioritario de Epilepsia.
• Liga Latinoamericana de EpilepsiaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2025International epilepsy advocacy organization. Dr. Mario Arturo Alonso Vanegas represented the organization at the National Epilepsy Congress 2025.
• OPS (Organización Panamericana de la Salud)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2025International collaboration for measles response and immunization programs. OPS consultant Regina Durón participated in Rapid Response Team activities for measles containment in Durango.
• Secretaría de Salud FederalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Federal health ministry providing technical guidance and epidemiological support. Joint measles response team with federal, state, and jurisdictional coordination.
• CENATRA (Centro Nacional de Trasplantes)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023National transplant coordination agency. Durango ranked 7th nationally in organ donation with 39 procurements in 2023. Joint congress and training programs.
• ISSSTEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-institutional collaboration in health campaigns and measles response. Part of multi-sector health team including ISSSTE, IMSS, and Secretaría de Salud.
• IMSScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint health initiatives and measles response coordination with Mexican Social Security Institute. Part of unified health sector response.
• Patrimonio de la Beneficencia Pública FederalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal public charity providing free prosthetics, hearing aids, and surgical interventions. Distributed 19 prosthetic hip/knee surgeries in La Laguna and provides equipment through health caravans.
• Hospitales PrivadosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate hospital collaboration in health events and congresses. Carlos Maa Lares represented private hospitals at National Epilepsy Congress 2025.
• Comisión Estatal de Derechos HumanosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState human rights commission participating in adolescent health week activities alongside health ministry.
• Gobierno FederalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal government collaboration including COPRISED food safety operations, FASSAfunding, and joint dengue prevention campaigns with other states.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ISSSTE (Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado): Federal scheme providing health services to government workers; comparable in clinical offerings and a co-participant with SSD on inter-institutional vaccination and renovation agreements.
• Secretaría de Salud Federal (SSA): Mexico's federal health ministry; the umbrella regulator and funding source (FASSA) for SSD Durango, comparable in mandate and program catalog but operating at national rather than state scale.
• IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social): Federal social security health system serving private-sector workers; overlapping with SSD in providing primary and hospital care, and a formal inter-institutional partner on vaccination drives and the Quirófanos agreement.

Direct peers

• Servicios de Salud de Veracruz: State health services operator in Veracruz, Mexico; directly comparable as a decentralized state health ministry delivering public primary, secondary, and preventive care through similar jurisdictional and mobile-unit models.
• Servicios de Salud de Chihuahua: Chihuahua's state health ministry; operates a parallel network of jurisdictional sanitaires, hospitals and mobile brigades serving a comparable northern Mexican population.
• Servicios de Salud de Oaxaca: State health services operator in Oaxaca; comparable in operating a rural-heavy, mobile-clinic-intensive public health system across many municipalities with similar coverage challenges to Durango.
• Servicios de Salud de Nuevo León: Nuevo León state health services; comparable statewide public provider running hospitals, primarias and preventive campaigns under the same federal SSA framework.

Others

• Hospitales Privados (e.g., Hospital Star Médica): Private hospital networks in Durango and Mexico that complement rather than compete with SSD for paying patients; participate in joint congresses and represent the alternative channel for those seeking non-public care.
• Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS/PAHO): International public health agency that provides technical assistance and Rapid Response Teams to SSD for measles containment; functions as an ecosystem partner and capacity-building resource.

Regional players

• Servicios de Salud de Jalisco: Jalisco state health services; a larger state operator in western Mexico with a similar mix of hospitals, jurisdictions and outreach programs, useful for benchmarking scale and capacity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SSDurango
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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

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