# Ministerio de Salud de Panamá (MINSA)

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## TL;DR

Panama's Ministry of Health, which runs public health centres and national campaigns, including cancer prevention events each October.

## Summary

The Ministerio de Salud sets Panama's national health policy and runs public health centres; the Instituto Oncológico Nacional and the Caja de Seguro Social, held as separate records, provide public cancer care. In October 2026 it held an academic day on cancer prevention through healthy lifestyles as part of the month's awareness activities. The coordinates are an approximate Panama City point.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: MINSA Panamá; Ministry of Health of Panama
- City: Panama City, PA
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.minsa.gob.pa

## Sources

- MINSA: home page: https://www.minsa.gob.pa/
- MINSA: cancer prevention through healthy lifestyles (October 2026): https://www.minsa.gob.pa/centro-de-prensa/noticias/minsa-impulsa-la-prevencion-del-cancer-desde-los-habitos-de-vida

## Connected records

- institutions: [Hospiten Paitilla (Centro Oncológico Paitilla)](https://onco.cc/institutions/hospiten-paitilla/), [Radioterapia Oncológica, S.A. (CIRRO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/cirro-panama/), [The Panama Clinic](https://onco.cc/institutions/the-panama-clinic/)

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