Santa Catarina State Health Department

Name

Santa Catarina State Health Department

Legal name

Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Santa Catarina

Website

https://saude.sc.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Santa Catarina (SES/SC) is the official state health authority responsible for coordinating, regulating, and delivering public health services across all 295 municipalities of Santa Catarina, Brazil, under the national SUS framework, serving approximately 8 million residents through hospitals, primary care, emergency services, and a three-tier pharmaceutical assistance program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312), Hospitals (622), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Health Department & Public Health Administration (BPAIABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

State/Provincial/Regional Health Departments (HLAJAAAA), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK), Data Governance, Standards & Interoperability (ICD, HL7/FHIR, LOINC, SNOMED) (HLAJAJAM)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Pharmaceutical assistance programs
• State hospital network
• Epidemiological surveillance
• Emergency medical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Florianópolis

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Budget Allocation: The department operates entirely on public funding from state and federal government budgets. Revenue comes from the state treasury allocation for health (Recursos Estaduais), federal transfers for SUS programs (Teto Financeiro), andblocos de financiamento do MS. No commercial revenue is generated. All services are provided free of charge to citizens under the SUS framework.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Santa Catarina State Health Department manages the state's public health system under Brazil's SUS framework, delivering universal healthcare services free of charge to the ~8 million residents of all 295 municipalities. Its offerings include pharmaceutical assistance through three components (CEAF for high-cost/specialized, CBAF for basic, CESAF for strategic/endemic diseases), direct operation of state hospitals plus oversight of seven OS-managed hospitals, mobile and pre-hospital emergency care via SAMU 192, epidemiological surveillance (DIVE), laboratory diagnostics (LACEN), health regulation (SUR), and chronic/specialized disease programs spanning oncology, hematology, maternal-child health, and rare diseases.

Product overview

The Santa Catarina State Health Department operates a unified health services platform through its Portal SES/SC, which integrates multiple service modules. The core platform provides access to three interconnected pharmaceutical assistance components: CEAF (specialized), CBAF (basic), and CESAF (strategic), each addressing different levels of medication provision. Supporting infrastructure includes hospital units, emergency services (SUE), health regulation (SUR), and care networks (RAS) that together form the state's public health service delivery system.

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Products and services

• Portal SES/SC (Official State Health Department Portal) Official web portal providing citizens of Santa Catarina with access to health services, pharmaceutical assistance programs, hospital information, health regulations, news, public service information, health alerts, and links to all state health programs and units.
• Componente Especializado da Assistência Farmacêutica (CEAF) Specialized pharmaceutical assistance component providing high-cost medications for complex treatments including rare diseases, chronic conditions, and specialized therapies through standardized Ministry of Health clinical protocols. Covers conditions such as cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy, hemophilia, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and dozens of other defined conditions.
• Componente Básico da Assistência Farmacêutica (CBAF) Basic pharmaceutical assistance component providing essential medications for primary healthcare, including insulin (NPH and Regular) and basic medicines for common conditions, dispensed through municipal health units.
• Componente Estratégico da Assistência Farmacêutica (CESAF) Strategic pharmaceutical assistance component ensuring access to medications for endemic diseases including tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, leishmaniasis, HIV/AIDS (antiretrovirals), Chagas disease, influenza, and other diseases of epidemiological importance, plus COVID-19 antivirals such as Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid).
• State Hospital Network (Unidades de Saúde) Network of state-managed health units including Hospital Infantil Joana de Gusmão, Hospital Governador Celso Ramos, Maternidade Carmela Dutra, Maternidade Darcy Vargas, Maternidade Dona Catarina Kuss, Hospital Nereu Ramos, Hospital Dr. Waldomiro Colautti, Hospital Geral e Maternidade Tereza Ramos, Hospital Regional de São José, and others, providing specialized and tertiary healthcare services.
• Superintendência de Regulação SES/SC (SUR) Health regulation superintendency coordinating healthcare access, hospital admissions, waiting lists, and referral systems to ensure appropriate and timely care for SUS patients across all 16 Health Regions of Santa Catarina.
• Superintendência de Urgência e Emergência (SUE) - SAMU 192 Emergency and urgency superintendency managing mobile emergency services (SAMU 192), aeromedical services, hospital emergencies, and urgent care coordination across the state, providing pre-hospital emergency response.
• Rede de Atenção à Saúde (RAS) Health care network coordinating integrated health services across primary, secondary, and tertiary care levels including 16 health regions, regional action plans, and chronic disease management programs for cardiovascular, oncological, maternal-infant, and mental health priorities.
• LACEN - Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública Central public health laboratory providing laboratory and diagnostic services for epidemiological surveillance, disease control, and clinical reference testing across Santa Catarina.
• DIVE - Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiológica State epidemiological surveillance directorate coordinating notification, investigation, and response for reportable diseases including dengue, COVID-19, and other conditions of epidemiological importance.
• SC Transplantes State organ and tissue transplant coordination center managing transplant logistics, donor registration, and transplantation services across Santa Catarina.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Fundação de Apoio ao Hemosc e CeponcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThis foundation serves as the Organização Social (OS) managing two major state health facilities: Centro de Pesquisas Oncológicas (CEPON) for oncology/cancer treatment, and Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Santa Catarina (HEMOSC) for hematology and hemotherapy services. The foundation operates under management contracts with SES/SC for these specialized services.
• Instituto Mania Schmitt (IMAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMAS is the Organização Social managing Hospital Regional de Araranguá - Deputado Affonso Ghizzo and Hospital Florianópolis under performance contracts with SES/SC, providing hospital care services to southern Santa Catarina.
• Instituto SantécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto Santé manages Hospital Regional Terezinha Gaio Basso through an OS contract, providing hospital services in the western region of Santa Catarina.
• Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças (through OS model)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThis entity manages Hospital Materno Infantil Dr Jeser Amarante Faria through an OS contract with SES/SC, providing maternal and child health services in Joinville, the largest city in Santa Catarina outside the Greater Florianópolis area.
• Instituto IDEAScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto IDEAS manages Hospital Materno Infantil Santa Catarina in Criciúma under an OS contract, providing maternal and child health services to the carboniferous region of Santa Catarina.
• COSEMS/SC - Conselho de Secretarias Municipais de SaúdecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOSEMS/SC represents all municipal health secretaries in Santa Catarina and co-governs the SUS in the state through the CIB (Comissão Intergestores Bipartite). It is a co-equal partner with SES in health policy formulation, resource allocation, and municipal health system coordination.
• CONASEMS - Conselho Nacional de Secretarias Municipais de SaúdecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational-level organization representing all municipal health secretaries across Brazil. COSEMS/SC participates in national SUS policy development through CONASEMS, contributing to federal health policy formulation and best practice sharing.
• CONASS - Conselho Nacional de Secretários de SaúdecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONASS is the national entity that represents all State Health Secretaries. SES/SC participates through its Secretary in CONASS activities, contributing to national health policy development and benefiting from shared knowledge and coordinated responses.
• Ministério da Saúde (MS) / Federal GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe federal Ministry of Health is a primary strategic partner providing funding through the Teto Financeiro de Vigilância e Assistência, pharmaceutical supplies (CESAF medications, CEAF high-cost drugs, vaccines, serums), national health policy guidelines, and cross-subsidization for state health programs. The SES coordinates federal programs at state level including HIV/AIDS (antiretrovirals from MS), COVID-19 (Paxlovid/NMV/r), systemic mycoses treatments, and rare disease medications.
• HEMOSC / Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de SCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHEMOSC is the state blood center and hematology service responsible for supplying blood products and managing coagulopathy medications and sickle cell disease treatments, which are part of CESAF. Operated by the Fundação de Apoio ao Hemosc e Cepon under an OS contract.
• SUS Digital / DATASUScoreTechnology or IntegrationSES/SC participates in the SUS Digital initiative which provides digital health infrastructure including electronic health records, telemedicine platforms (teleconsultorias, telediagnósticos), waitlist management (Lista de Espera SUS), and other national digital health systems integrated at state level.
• DIVE/SC - Diretoria de Vigilância EpidemiológicacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIVE is the state epidemiological surveillance directorate within SES/SC. It coordinates with CESAF for diseases of epidemiological importance, managing notification, investigation, and treatment flows for diseases including toxoplasmosis, dengue, and other reportable conditions. Joint technical notes (Notas Técnicas Conjuntas DIAF/DIVE) govern medication access during surveillance activities.

Scale indicators5 records

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Direct peers

• Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Goiás: SES-GO is Goiás's state health authority, operating SUS-based public health administration with similar scope - state hospitals, pharmaceutical assistance, surveillance, and bipartite municipal coordination - comparable in structural design and regulatory function.
• Secretaria Estadual de Saúde de Pernambuco: SES-PE is the Pernambuco state health secretariat operating the same SUS public health mandate, state hospital network, pharmaceutical assistance, and epidemiological surveillance functions across municipalities organized in health regions.
• Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Paraná: SESA-PR is Paraná's state health secretariat, directly comparable in mandate and structure: SUS execution, state hospitals, pharmaceutical assistance programs, epidemiological surveillance, and bipartite inter-federative coordination through its CIB equivalent.
• Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo: State-level health department for São Paulo state, directly comparable as it operates the same SUS-based public health administration model, manages state hospitals, runs pharmaceutical assistance programs (CBAF/CESAF/CEAF equivalent), and oversees municipal coordination through its own bipartite commission.
• Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Minas Gerais: SES-MG operates as the Minas Gerais state health authority with similar scope: SUS coordination, state hospital network management, pharmaceutical assistance, epidemiological surveillance (covering a comparable-sized state), and bipartite commission governance with municipalities.
• Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Rio de Janeiro: SES-RJ is the state health secretariat of Rio de Janeiro, operating the same SUS framework with state-run hospitals, pharmaceutical assistance programs, epidemiological surveillance, and SAMU-style emergency coordination - a direct functional match to SES/SC's mandate and structure.
• Secretaria de Saúde do Distrito Federal: SES-DF combines state and municipal health functions for the Federal District, comparable in operating state-level public health administration, hospital network management, and pharmaceutical assistance under SUS - though within a single territorial unit rather than across multiple municipalities.
• Secretaria da Saúde do Estado da Bahia: SESAB is Bahia's state health authority with the same SUS-based mandate, but operating at significantly greater scale (larger population and territory), making it a useful comparison point on how Brazilian state health departments manage complex, multi-regional public health delivery.
• Secretaria Estadual da Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul: SES-RS is the southern Brazilian peer with the closest geographic and demographic adjacency to Santa Catarina, operating the same SUS mandate, managing regional hospitals, pharmaceutical assistance tiers, and emergency coordination (SAMU) across hundreds of municipalities.

Others

• CONASS - Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde: CONASS is the national council representing all state health secretaries in Brazil; SES/SC is an active member and participates in national SUS policy formulation. It is ecosystem-level relevant as the formal coordination body linking state health secretariats, including Santa Catarina.

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