Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA)

What Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA) does

Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA) is a directorate general within Peru's Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud del Perú, MINSA), operating as a public-sector entity under the Peruvian national government. Its mandate centers on environmental health regulation, food safety oversight, and related public health functions, serving the entire population of Peru through a nationwide network of 25 regional health directorates (DIRESA/GERESA/DIRIS) and registered health establishments (IPRESS).

DIGESA's operational technology portfolio is part of MINSA's broader unified platform of interconnected government health information systems. The core assets include REUNIS (the national health information repository), CNV (online birth certificate registration, jointly developed with RENIEC), SINADEF (death certification), Padrón Nominal (children under 6 registry), RENIPRESS (health facility registry), HISMINSA (clinical records), SISMED (pharmaceutical tracking), Red Nacional de Telesalud (telehealth), GeoRIS (geographic information), RENOXI (oxygen registry), and Minsa Digital (citizen-facing services). These systems interoperate through shared data standards, including CIE-10 coding.

As a government directorate, DIGESA does not generate commercial revenue. It is funded through Peru's national public budget under the Presupuesto por Resultado (PpR) framework, with allocations distributed across programmatic budgets covering maternal-child health, disease prevention, health emergencies, and infrastructure. All services are provided free of charge to citizens. Strategic partnerships anchor its reach: RENIEC for identity integration, MEF for budget and results-based financing, MIDIS for social program coordination, ESSALUD for shared healthcare capacity, and SUSALUD for service quality oversight.

Name

Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA)

Legal name

Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA)

Website

https://veranosaludable.minsa.gob.pe

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA) is a Peruvian Ministry of Health directorate regulating environmental health and food safety nationwide. It operates as part of MINSA's public health system, serving all Peruvian citizens through free services, regional directorates, and integrated national health information systems.

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Product category

Public Health Regulation

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Permitting & Impact Assessment (EIA/NEPA) (BPAIAMAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disinfection, Sanitation & Vector-Borne Disease Control Services (IMAIAHAA), Air Quality & Emissions Management (BPAHAJAI)

Keywords

• Environmental health regulation
• Public health services
• Food safety oversight
• Health information systems
• Vital records registration

Headquarters

HQ city

Lima

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: As a public institution, MINSA and its subordinate entities including DIGESA are funded through the national government budget (Presupuesto Público). Revenue is allocated through the Presupuesto por Resultado (PpR) framework, with funds distributed across programmatic budgets including maternal-child health, disease prevention, health emergencies, and infrastructure.

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Core offering

DIGESA is the Directorate General of Environmental Health within Peru's Ministry of Health (MINSA). It is responsible for regulating environmental health, food safety, and sanitary conditions, and operates national health information systems including REUNIS, CNV, Padrón Nominal, RENIPRESS, HIS-MINSA, SINADEF, SISMED, and the Red Nacional de Telesalud. The directorate oversees vital records registration, epidemiological surveillance, and digital health services for all citizens across Peru's 25 regions.

Product overview

MINSA operates a unified platform of interconnected digital health systems rather than a modular product architecture. The core portfolio includes REUNIS as the central health information repository, complemented by CNV for birth certificate registration, Padrón Nominal for child population registries, and multiple specialized systems (RENIPRESS for facility registration, HISMINSA for clinical records, SINADEF for mortality data, SISMED for pharmaceutical tracking, and the Red Nacional de Telesalud for remote healthcare). These systems are designed to interoperate through shared data standards (CIE-10 coding) and cross-institutional integration with RENIEC for identity verification, supporting the full spectrum of public health administration from birth registration through healthcare service delivery and outcome tracking.

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Products and services

• REUNIS (Repositorio Único Nacional de Información en Salud) National health information repository that consolidates demographic, public health strategy, health service delivery, and administrative data for policy-making and public transparency across Peru's 25 regions.
• CNV - Sistema de Registro del Certificado de Nacido Vivo en Línea Web-based system jointly developed with RENIEC that enables health facilities to register live birth certificates in real-time, reducing vulnerability in the birth registration process and linking healthcare professionals to national identity systems.
• Padrón Nominal Electronic nominal registry of children under 6 years of age created through collaboration between MINSA, RENIEC, and MEF, used as denominator for multiple child health indicators and to ensure access to state services.
• Minsa Digital Digital health services portal providing access to health services, vaccination records, SIS affiliation verification, and yellow fever vaccination certification for Peruvian citizens.
• RENIPRESS (Registro Nacional de IPRESS) National registry of health institutions containing information on infrastructure, equipment, human resources, and organization for public, private, and mixed health service providers.
• HISMINSA Health information system used for recording patient consultations, monitoring health interventions, and tracking nutritional status indicators in public health facilities.
• SINADEF (Sistema de Información de Defunciones) Death information system for death certification and registration, with procedures established under Directive N°353-MINSA/OGTI-2024.
• SISMED Medicines information system providing dashboards on installed capacity, drug availability by health facility, consumption history, and antimicrobial monitoring.
• Red Nacional de Telesalud (RNT) National telehealth network providing telemedicine services, SAMU emergency attention coordination, and Central 113 health orientations.
• GeoRIS Geographic information system for health services mapping and demographic profiling of health facility coverage areas.
• RENOXI Perú National oxygen registry providing open data, training materials, manuals, and managerial reports on medical oxygen availability.
• Cuentas de Salud Health accounts system tracking health expenditure data from 2002-2022 for financial planning and analysis.
• ENCAPS Computer system for enrollment in the SERUMS (Rural and Urban Marginal Health Service) evaluation process for healthcare professionals.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• RENIEC (Registro Nacional de Identificación y Estado Civil)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2015RENIEC collaborates with MINSA on vital records systems including the CNV (Certificado de Nacido Vivo) system and the Padrón Nominal, enabling birth registration directly from health establishments. Citizens receive identity documentation and access to social programs through the integrated system.
• MIDIS (Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social) and Social ProgramscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013MIDIS and social programs (SIS, Qaliwarma, Juntos, Cuna Más, Vaso de Leche) collaborate with MINSA through the Padrón Nominal system to ensure children under 6 have access to health, education, and social programs, targeting populations in poverty and extreme poverty.
• ESSALUD (Seguro Social de Salud del Perú)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerESSALUD and MINSA collaborate on the Maratón Quirúrgica surgical marathon program, combining healthcare infrastructure, capacity, and human talent to reduce Peru's surgical backlog. Both institutions coordinate to provide integrated public health services.
• MEF (Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMEF collaborates with MINSA on the Presupuesto por Resultado (PpR) framework, providing budget allocation, monitoring, and evaluation of health programs. MEF sets the policy for program budgeting and coordinates multi-year programming.
• SUSALUD (Superintendencia Nacional de Salud)coreTechnology or IntegrationSUSALUD provides oversight and regulation of health institutions, working with MINSA through REUNIS data systems to monitor health service quality and patient rights across public and private health establishments.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Regional players

• Superintendencia Nacional de Servicios de Saneamiento (SUNASS): Peru's water and sanitation services regulator that oversees drinking water quality and sanitation service providers, with a complementary mandate to DIGESA's environmental health and sanitation oversight function.
• Autoridad Nacional del Agua (ANA): Peru's National Water Authority that manages water resources and quality standards, coordinating with DIGESA on water-related public health matters including drinking water safety and recreational water quality.
• Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA): Peru's national agricultural health service that regulates food safety, animal health, and plant health with a related but distinct focus, often coordinating with MINSA/DIGESA on food-borne illness and zoonotic disease control.

Direct peers

• Superintendencia Nacional de Salud (SUSALUD): Peru's national health oversight agency that supervises health service quality across public and private institutions, sharing with DIGESA the regulatory and supervisory mandate within Peru's health system architecture.
• Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS): Peru's National Health Institute under MINSA, responsible for public health laboratory analysis, epidemiological surveillance, and biomedical research, providing scientific support that complements DIGESA's environmental health regulatory functions.
• Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria (DIGESA - historical reference): The historical incarnation of DIGESA within MINSA, focused specifically on environmental health, food safety (inocuidad alimentaria), and sanitary regulation, which serves as the direct institutional precedent and most comparable entity in scope and function.
• Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental (OEFA): Peru's environmental evaluation and enforcement agency under MINAM, which like DIGESA enforces environmental regulations and conducts inspections nationwide, with overlapping mandates on environmental quality and public health protection.

Broad incumbents

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Environmental Health: The U.S. federal agency whose National Center for Environmental Health performs comparable functions to DIGESA including environmental health surveillance, water/food safety standards, and health hazard evaluations, providing an international reference model.
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO): The international health agency for the Americas that provides technical guidance, standards, and capacity building for environmental health programs across Latin America, including frameworks that DIGESA adopts for environmental health regulation.
• Ministerio del Ambiente (MINAM): Peru's Ministry of Environment, which sets broader national environmental policy and coordinates with MINSA/DIGESA on environmental health, water quality, air quality, and waste management, sharing regulatory jurisdiction over environmental protection.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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