Coactis Sante

What Coactis Sante does

Coactis Santé is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2010 and headquartered in Paris at 1 boulevard Pasteur, registered with the Préfecture de Paris under number W751207842. The organization develops and disseminates accessible health resources for people with motor, mental, psychic, or sensory disabilities, their families and caregivers, and the healthcare professionals who serve them. Its operations are funded through donations, public subsidies, and non-profit foundations, including complementary health insurers, and it explicitly avoids conflicts of interest with health-product companies.

The association's product portfolio centers on two complementary solutions. SantéBD is a comic-based health information resource built on the FALC (Facile à Lire et à Comprendre / Easy to Read and Understand) methodology, featuring short sentences, reassuring illustrations, multiple character profiles, and an image bank of 20,000 free-access drawings for building custom communication tools. HandiConnect.fr is a professional resource platform offering advice sheets, e-learning modules, a training directory, expert access for disability-specific clinical questions, and webinars. A set of themed pedagogical resource kits bundles SantéBD and HandiConnect content by topic (medical imaging, oral health, cancer care, aging with disability), and the Banque d'expériences — hosted under the patronage of the Ministries of Solidarity and Health — aggregates externally produced initiatives facilitating access to health for people with disabilities.

Coactis Santé operates as a product-led, free-access organization with no commercial pricing model. Distribution is largely self-serve via the SantéBD.org and HandiConnect.fr websites, augmented by downloadable kits, webinars, newsletters, social media, and regional coordinators in Grand-Est and Occitanie. Content is validated by a Scientific, Ethical and Pedagogical Committee that includes ADAPT, APF France Handicap, France Assos Santé AURA, UFSBD, CNSA, the National Order of Dental Surgeons, Centre Necker APHP, Groupe Polyhandicap France, CESAP, and other institutional and association stakeholders. Reported outcomes include 91% of patients feeling more reassured during care via SantéBD, 99% of professionals communicating more easily, and 92% and 90% of professionals reporting better understanding of patient needs and stronger therapeutic alliance via HandiConnect.fr (Kimso impact study, 2022).

Name

Coactis Sante

Legal name

Association Coactis Santé

Website

https://coactis-sante.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coactis Santé is a French non-profit association that develops free, accessible health communication tools — including the SantéBD comic series and the HandiConnect.fr professional platform — for people with disabilities, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Healthcare Accessibility Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Health, Health Promotion & Behavior Change (SBCC) (BPADAIAL), Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

Keywords

• Accessible healthcare information
• Disability health resources
• Health communication tools
• Easy read healthcare
• Disability care training

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris-l'hopital

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Non-profit Association Funding: Coactis Santé is a non-profit association ( Loi 1901) registered with the Prefecture of Paris. Financing comes from donations, public subsidies, and organisms with non-profit purpose such as foundations, provident funds, and health insurance complementary organizations. No conflicts of interest with companies producing or manufacturing health products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Coactis Santé develops and disseminates free accessible health communication resources for people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Its two flagship solutions are SantéBD (comic-style health information using the FALC methodology with a bank of 20,000 accessible drawings) and HandiConnect.fr (advice sheets, e-learning modules, expert access, and a training directory for healthcare professionals). All resources are provided free of charge, funded by donations, public subsidies, and non-profit foundations, with no conflicts of interest from health product companies.

Product overview

Coactis Sante operates a multi-product portfolio focused on healthcare accessibility for people with disabilities. The core offering consists of SantéBD (comic-style accessible health information with 20,000+ drawings) and HandiConnect.fr (professional training and resource platform), supported by themed pedagogical resource kits. All solutions are developed with scientific experts and disability specialists using the FALC (Easy to Read and Understand) methodology, and are made freely accessible to patients, families, and healthcare professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SantéBD: Comic books and illustrated resources to explain health topics using simple images and words, with easy-to-read content (FALC method). Features reassuring drawings and multiple character options including children, adults, elderly, and wheelchair users. Includes a bank of 20,000 drawings for creating communication tools.
• HandiConnect.fr

Products and services

• SantéBD Comic-style accessible health information platform using simple images and words (FALC method) to help people with disabilities understand health topics, featuring a free image bank with 20,000 drawings for creating custom communication tools.
• HandiConnect.fr Online resource platform for healthcare professionals offering advice sheets, e-learning modules, expert access for disability-specific care questions, training directory, and webinars with expert practice sharing.
• Resource Kits (Nos kits ressources) Themed pedagogical resource kits combining curated SantéBD and HandiConnect content for healthcare and support professionals, covering topics including medical imaging, oral health, cancer care pathway, intimate life, and aging with disability.
• Banque d'expériences (Experience Bank) Repository hosted on Coactis Santé's site that gathers actions and initiatives facilitating access to health for people with disabilities, operated under the patronage of the Ministries of Solidarity and Health to promote and spread such initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 91% of patients with disabilities feel more reassured during care thanks to SantéBD
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministries of Solidarity and HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnder the patronage of the Ministries of Solidarity and Health, Coactis Santé hosts the Bank of Experiences on its website, showcasing actions and initiatives that facilitate access to health for people with disabilities.
• Scientific, Ethical and Pedagogical Committee MemberscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommittee includes representatives from: ADAPT, APF France Handicap, France Assos Santé AURA, Union Française de Santé Bucco-dentaire (UFSBD), CNSA, National Order of Dental Surgeons, Centre Necker APHP, Groupe Polyhandicap France, CESAP, Order of Dental Surgeons, Association Handidactique, and other disability and healthcare organizations.
• Kimso CabinetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKimso conducted an impact study in 2022 measuring the effectiveness of SantéBD and HandiConnect.fr, providing evidence-based validation of the solutions' outcomes.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AGEFIPH: French fund for the professional inclusion of people with disabilities. Adjacent in disability ecosystem, providing resources and support services that, like Coactis Santé, aim to remove accessibility barriers, though focused on employment rather than healthcare.
• Handéo: French association focused on improving the quality of disability services and supporting caregivers. Comparable in producing practical guidance and quality frameworks for professionals serving people with disabilities, including health-related care.
• Union Française pour la Santé Bucco-Dentaire (UFSBD): French dental health prevention organization. Represented on Coactis Santé's Scientific Committee and serves overlapping healthcare-professional audience with adapted resources for vulnerable patients, including people with disabilities.
• APF France Handicap: Major French disability association serving people with motor and multiple disabilities; represented on Coactis Santé's Scientific Committee. Comparable in providing disability support, advocacy, and resources, including health-access related services.
• UNAPEI: French federation of associations representing people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Comparable in mission (advocacy and support services for people with disabilities) and frequently intersects with Coactis Santé's target population.

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: Major French humanitarian and health association operating accessible health, social, and disability services at national scale. Comparable as a nonprofit providing health-access and support services to vulnerable populations, with greater scale and broader mission.
• France Assos Santé: National federation of health-oriented user associations in France. Comparable role as an umbrella health-advocacy organization with regional bodies (e.g., France Assos Santé AURA) represented on Coactis Santé's Scientific Committee.
• Santé Publique France: France's national public health agency. While not disability-specialized, it produces accessible health communication content at scale and could become a competitor or partner for Coactis Santé's accessible information niche.

Emerging players

• Easy-to-Read (Leserinformationszentrum / Inclusion Europe network): European network promoting Easy-to-Read information standards across domains including health. Comparable in developing and disseminating FALC-style accessible content that Coactis Santé uses for its SantéBD resources.
• Inclusion Europe: European association advocating for people with intellectual disabilities and promoting Easy-to-Read (FALC-style) information standards. Operates in a comparable accessible-health-information niche with international reach that could complement or compete with Coactis Santé.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coactis-sante

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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