The health sector is an area of economic activity that encompasses multiple subsectors. The activities carried out in it are oriented towards the prevention and control of diseases, patient care, research and investment in R+D+I. The health sector establishes relations with other sectors of social and economic development and operates in the three main economic sectors: primary, secondary and tertiary.
In the primary sector, through the extraction of plants from nature for use in alternative medicine or to make certain medicines and food supplements that benefit health. The secondary sector is where the plants are processed the pharmaceutical industry is located, where medicines and all kinds of products related to health and well-being are produced and which represent an economic benefit.