AFPA - Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire

What AFPA - Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire does

AFPA (Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire) is a French non-profit professional association founded in 1990 under the loi 1901 framework, federating more than 1,500 ambulatory (liberal practice) pediatricians across France. The organization is headquartered in Ancenis Saint-Géréon and operates with 13 employees, governed by a board led by President Andreas Werner, with editorial responsibility held by Dr Georges Thiébault. AFPA's mission is to contribute to pediatric medical practice, deliver pediatric tools and recommendations, and support continuing professional development for pediatricians.

AFPA's product surface is structured around six core areas: (1) accredited continuing education through AFPA-DPC (Développement Professionnel Continu, reimbursed via ANDPC) and FAF-PM-funded training programs, delivered as in-person seminars, webinars, online modules, and an annual multi-professional congress; (2) the peer-reviewed Revue Pédiatrie Ambulatoire (Le Pédiatre) journal; (3) a clinical-tools library (screening questionnaires such as M-CHAT, growth charts, sleep calendars, vaccination records, BMI curves) and thematic dossiers; (4) public-facing information sites mpedia.fr (parents), laits.fr (infant formulas), and infovac.fr (vaccinations); (5) research grants (two €1,000 thesis grants and one €3,000 research grant annually); and (6) the Maîtrise de Stage internship program with a national directory of certified preceptors. The association operates a text-based chatbot for professional inquiries on its website and maintains the PARI epidemiological surveillance network.

The business model is community-led and member-financed: €130/year membership dues, per-training fees (€665-€1,330 per DPC seminar plus €300-€600 deposits, €50 administrative fee for non-members per training), journal subscriptions, and pass-through ANDPC reimbursements. AFPA explicitly excludes pharmaceutical and agri-food industry financing. Distribution is direct through afpa.org and in-person seminars, with strategic partnerships extending reach — SFP, SNPF, ECPCP and InfoVac-France for society-level collaboration, INSERM for growth charts, CGM for an electronic vaccination record, ACTIV for clinical research, and Programme Malin (co-founded 2018) for child-health outreach to low-income families. Customer segments are predominantly liberal pediatricians, with secondary reach into pediatric residents, paramedical professionals, and parents via the public-facing sites.

Name

AFPA - Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire

Legal name

Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire

Website

https://afpa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AFPA (Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire) is a French non-profit professional medical association founded in 1990, serving more than 1,500 ambulatory pediatricians across France with accredited continuing education, clinical tools, a peer-reviewed journal, public health information sites, and research grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Professional Medical Association

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Pediatric professional development
• Continuing medical education
• Ambulatory pediatrics
• Clinical practice guidelines
• Professional medical association

Headquarters

HQ city

Ancenis Saint-Géréon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Annual membership fees from pediatricians providing ongoing revenue for association operations
2. DPC Training Programs: Professional development and continuing education programs funded through ANDPC (Agence Nationale du DPC), with some programs eligible for reimbursement and indemnification
3. FAF-PM Training: Professional training funds for non-limited, non-indemnified training programs
4. Publication Subscriptions: Revenue from the Revue Pédiatrie Ambulatoire (Le Pédiatre journal) subscriptions
5. Research Grants: Doctoral thesis grants of 1000€ and research grants of 3000€ for young pediatricians and juniors

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

AFPA is a professional medical association that delivers accredited continuing professional development (DPC) training programs, publishes the Revue Pédiatrie Ambulatoire journal, and provides clinical consultation tools, screening questionnaires, growth charts, and evidence-based pediatric recommendations to its 1,500+ members. It also organizes an annual multi-professional pediatric congress, runs public-facing health information sites, and funds pediatric research grants for young practitioners.

Product overview

AFPA (Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire) is a professional medical association founded in 1990 representing over 1,500 liberal pediatricians in France. The organization operates as a unified professional society offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services: professional training programs (AFPA Formations and AFPA DPC) providing accredited continuing education for pediatricians; the peer-reviewed Revue Pédiatrie Ambulatoire journal; a library of clinical consultation tools including screening questionnaires, growth charts, and diagnostic aids; thematic dossiers on pediatric topics; evidence-based recommendations; annual multi-professional congresses; public-facing parent information sites (mpedia.fr, laits.fr, Infovac.fr); and research fellowship programs. The association also facilitates pediatric residency internships through its network of certified preceptors and maintains epidemiological surveillance networks. AFPA is funded exclusively by membership dues and operates independently from pharmaceutical and food industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revue Pédiatrie Ambulatoire (Le Pédiatre): The association's peer-reviewed journal publishing pediatric articles and clinical guidance.
• AFPA-DPC
• Programme Malin
• mpedia.fr

Products and services

• AFPA Formations (FAF-PM training programs)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Programme MalincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018AFPA is one of five founding members. Objective is to improve health of children 0-3 years from families in poverty situations by providing non-stigmatizing practical advice and access to affordable adapted products.
• Société Française de Pédiatrie (SFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Pediatric Society - a major partner society in pediatric medicine in France, collaborating on guidelines and professional development
• InfoVac-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVaccination information service for healthcare professionals, providing authoritative vaccine information
• Pédiatres du MondeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHumanitarian pediatric organization for international medical missions
• Syndicat National des Pédiatres Français (SNPF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational union of French pediatricians representing professional interests
• European Confederation of Primary Care Pediatricians (ECPCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean umbrella organization for primary care pediatricians, providing international collaboration and standards
• Association Française des Pédiatres Endocrinologues Libéraux (AFPEL)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of French pediatric endocrinologists in private practice
• INSERMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench National Institute of Health and Medical Research - collaborating on new growth charts partnership
• ACTIV (Association Clinique et Thérapeutique Infantile du Val de Marne)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical and therapeutic infantile association - partnership for clinical research in private practice
• CGM (Companie Générale Immobilière)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIT company partnership for electronic vaccination record development
• Agence InitialeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPress agency handling AFPA media inquiries and communications

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS): French national health authority publishing the clinical recommendations AFPA curates to its members. Functions as an upstream regulator and content standard-setter closely entwined with AFPA's recommendations portfolio.
• Agence Nationale du DPC (ANDPC): French government agency that funds and accredits DPC programs - including those AFPA delivers. Operates upstream of AFPA's training revenue and shapes eligibility, tariffs, and the regulatory environment for AFPA-DPC.
• InfoVac-France: AFPA's core partner providing authoritative vaccine information to healthcare professionals. Compares as an adjacent clinical-information service targeting the same pediatrician audience with overlapping content.

Regional players

• Canadian Paediatric Society: Canada's national pediatric association, offering CME, practice guidelines, and member resources - a near-mirror of AFPA's offering in a different regulatory and linguistic environment.

Direct peers

• Société Française de Pédiatrie (SFP): The principal French pediatric society operating alongside AFPA, sharing overlapping ambitions in clinical guidelines, congress organization, and pediatric continuing education, but with a broader (hospital + ambulatory) remit. Directly comparable as a co-existing French pediatric medical society.
• European Confederation of Primary Care Pediatricians (ECPCP): AFPA's European umbrella partner for primary-care pediatricians. Operates the same community-led, ambulatory-pediatrician focus at European scale, and represents the most direct structural and conceptual peer to AFPA's operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH): UK professional body for pediatricians providing training, examination, and guidelines. Operates a parallel member-driven, credentialing-heavy pediatric association model in a different geography.
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): Large US professional association for primary-care physicians with a mature CME/CPD delivery engine. Useful analogue for AFPA's DPC business model and member-funded education economics.
• European Academy of Pediatrics (EAP): Europe-wide pediatric society bringing together national pediatric bodies for education, research, and policy. Comparable as a tier-above structure with overlapping CME/guideline activities.
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): The largest US pediatric professional association delivering CME, guidelines, and member services to pediatricians. Highly comparable model with much larger scale; useful proxy for AFPA's revenue and program diversity ceiling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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