ALANAM

What ALANAM does

ALANAM is the Asociación Latinoamericana de Academias Nacionales de Medicina, España y Portugal, a nonprofit association founded in 1967 in Bogotá, Colombia. It serves as the formal coordinating body for 15 national medical academies across Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, facilitating collaboration on medical education, biomedical research, public health, and health policy. Governance is provided by a President (currently Germán Gamarra Hernández) and an Executive Secretary (Álvaro Rodríguez Gama), with operational continuity maintained through a biennial meeting cycle and an online presence at redalanam.com.

The association's core activities are institutional rather than commercial: biennial Reuniones held in rotating member countries (including the XXVI Reunion in Colombia in 2022 and the XXVIII Reunion in 2024), periodic board meetings (including the XXVIII Board Meeting in Bogotá in November 2024), and the publication of the "Temas Médicos" monograph series. A 2025 Reunion is planned for Mérida, Mexico. There is no underlying technology platform or product architecture in the conventional commercial sense — the "deliverables" are meetings, declarations, and academic publications produced by and for the member academies.

As a non-profit entity (entidad sin ánimo de lucro), ALANAM does not generate commercial revenue. Its operations are sustained through contributions from its 15 member academies and stakeholder support. There are no disclosed pricing models, go-to-market mechanics, paying customer segments, or monetized product lines; the organization functions as an inter-academic forum rather than a commercial enterprise.

Name

ALANAM

Legal name

Asociación Latinoamericana de Academias Nacionales de Medicina, España y Portugal

Website

https://www.redalanam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ALANAM is a nonprofit association founded in 1967 that coordinates 15 national medical academies across Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, convening biennial meetings, board sessions, and the "Temas Médicos" publication series to advance medical education and policy collaboration.

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Product category

Medical Professional Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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PRIMARYHLAJAKAN

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health & Development Agencies (NGOs/Multilaterals)

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International Science, Technology & Space Cooperation Organizations

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Multilateral & Intergovernmental Organizations

Keywords

• Medical association coordination
• Health policy advocacy
• Medical education collaboration
• Scientific research forums
• Professional medical academies

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

ALANAM coordinates collaboration among 15 National Medical Academies from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. It convenes biennial Board of Directors meetings that combine scientific working sessions and administrative sessions, enables joint positions on health policy, and publishes medical volumes. The entity serves as a coordinating and convening body for its member academies rather than as a commercial product provider.

Product overview

ALANAM is a non-profit professional association (Asociación Latinoamericana de Academias Nacionales de Medicina, España y Portugal) founded in 1967 in Bogotá, Colombia. The organization does not offer commercial technology products or services. Its activities consist of coordinating collaboration among Latin American National Medicine Academies, organizing biennial council meetings, facilitating scientific sessions and research, and publishing medical publications (such as 'Temas Médicos' volumes covering topics like obesity and vaccines). The entity serves as a coordinating and convening body for its member academies rather than as a technology product provider.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Academia Chilena de MedicinacoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Chile, participates in biennial meetings and scientific sessions.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina del UruguaycoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Uruguay, participates in regional medical collaboration activities.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina del BrasilcoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Brazil, participates in scientific sessions and health policy discussions.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina del ParaguaycoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Paraguay, hosted the XXI Reunión in Asunción in 2014.
• Academia Ecuatoriana de MedicinacoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Ecuador, participates in regional medical activities.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina de Costa RicacoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Costa Rica in Central America.
• Academia Boliviana de MedicinacoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Bolivia, founded in 1989, participates in sub-regional meetings.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina de ColombiacoreOthersHost academy for XXVI and XXVIII Reuniones (2022, 2024), current seat of the presidency.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina de MéxicocoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Mexico, organizing the 2025 Reunión de Academias in Mérida.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina de PortugalcoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Portugal, participates in biennial council meetings.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos AirescoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Argentina, celebrated its bicentenario in 2022.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina de VenezuelacoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Venezuela, participates in scientific sessions.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina del PerúcoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Peru, participates in sub-regional Andean meetings.
• Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de EspañacoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Spain, hosted XX Reunión in 2012 and XXII Reunión in 2016.
• Academia Dominicana de MedicinacoreOthersMember academy of ALANAM representing Dominican Republic, participates in Caribbean regional activities.

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Recent moves6 records

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Direct peers

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Regional health organization for the Americas serving a similar pan-regional health coordination role as ALANAM, including health policy, education, and research convening across Latin American countries.
• World Medical Association (WMA): International confederation of national medical associations that convenes physicians worldwide on medical ethics, education, and policy—analogous to ALANAM's role but at global rather than Ibero-American scope.
• InterAcademy Partnership (IAP): Global network of more than 140 national and regional academies of science and medicine that facilitates joint statements, research collaboration, and capacity building—closely paralleling ALANAM's convening function among medical academies.
• Confederación Médica Latinoamericana y del Caribe (CONFEMEL): Latin American medical confederation of national medical organizations, the closest direct peer to ALANAM in terms of geographic mandate and convening of physicians across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Broad incumbents

• World Health Organization (WHO): The pre-eminent global health authority setting standards and convening on health policy; overlaps with ALANAM's health-policy advocacy role but operates at vastly larger scale across all member states.

Regional players

• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Membership association of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada with a similar function to ALANAM but focused on North American medical education and research.
• European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC): Pan-European network of national academies that issues policy advice on scientific issues—directly analogous to ALANAM's regional academy-coordinating role but serving Europe instead of Ibero-America.
• Royal Society of Medicine: UK-based learned medical society providing continuing professional development and publishing, comparable to ALANAM in promoting medical excellence, but operating nationally rather than regionally.
• Federación Médica Colombiana: National medical trade and professional federation in Colombia, ALANAM's country of domicile, representing an analogous member-driven medical association at the national level.

Emerging players

• International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE): International association focused specifically on medical education, intersecting with ALANAM's medical education and professional development agenda but operating as a specialized global community of educators.

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Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding overview

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