Associação Paulista de Medicina de Família e Comunidade - APMFC

What Associação Paulista de Medicina de Família e Comunidade - APMFC does

Associação Paulista de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (APMFC) is a non-profit scientific medical association founded on January 30, 2002, in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. It operates as the official state-level scientific entity representing Family and Community Medicine physicians in São Paulo state, which hosts approximately 1,228 of Brazil's 7,149 family and community physicians (roughly 17% of the national total). APMFC is affiliated with the national Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC), through which individual membership enrollment is processed, and it serves physicians, medical residents, and medical students working in primary care across public (SUS), supplementary, and private practice settings.

APMFC's core deliverables are non-technological in nature and consist of clinical-knowledge content, scientific events, advocacy, and member services. Its digital platform (apmfc.org.br) hosts a Biblioteca (Health Protocols Library) and the Cadernos de Atenção Básica (Basic Healthcare Notebooks) covering screening procedures, child health, mental health, diabetes, and hypertension, alongside a news and events portal, a newsletter subscription, and a Denunciation Channel (Canal de Denúncia) for reporting primary-care working conditions. Major in-person events include the Encontro Estadual de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (first held in 2004 in Campinas with 45+ attendees) and the 2018 Congresso Sudeste de Medicina de Família e Comunidade at Memorial da América Latina, which drew more than 2,000 participants. The association also runs advocacy initiatives, most visibly the 2024 LGBTIA+ SUS Manifesto co-signed with Simesp and SBMFC's diversity working group.

The business model is a typical specialty-association construct: revenue derives from individual member dues routed through SBMFC and from event-related income, with no commercial pricing disclosed and no equity funding on record. The organization operates with a five-person staff and an elected board of directors (Diretoria Gestão Acreditar), currently led by President Natalia Oliveira. APMFC uses standard digital-marketing integrations (Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Mailchimp, Mailgun, Amazon SES) and maintains active channels on Instagram, LinkedIn, email newsletter, and its website for member communication and mobilization.

Name

Associação Paulista de Medicina de Família e Comunidade - APMFC

Legal name

Associação Paulista de Medicina de Família e Comunidade

Website

https://apmfc.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

APMFC is a non-profit scientific medical association founded in 2002 in São Paulo, Brazil, representing approximately 1,228 family and community medicine physicians in the state. It delivers clinical protocols, continuing education, advocacy, and member services through a digital platform and national SBMFC affiliation.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ribeirão Preto

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

APMFC is a non-profit scientific medical association that represents, supports, and develops the Family and Community Medicine specialty in São Paulo state, Brazil. It delivers its mission through a digital library of clinical protocols and Cadernos de Atenção Básica, news and events programming, a denunciation channel for reporting primary healthcare working conditions, newsletter communications, and a membership program for physicians, residents, and students processed via SBMFC. It also engages in public advocacy, including manifestos such as the LGBTIA+ SUS Manifesto.

Product overview

APMFC is a non-profit scientific association representing family and community medicine physicians in São Paulo state, Brazil. The organization operates a digital platform providing a library of health protocols, clinical guidelines (Cadernos de Atenção Básica), news and events, a workers' denunciation channel for reporting primary healthcare conditions, newsletter services, and membership programs. The organization also engages in advocacy, notably for LGBTIA+ health rights through its SUS manifesto. It functions as a membership-based professional association rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership Services Membership program for physicians, medical residents, and medical students in São Paulo state to join the scientific association for Family and Community Medicine; membership enrollment is processed via the affiliated Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC).
• Health Protocols Library (Biblioteca)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 participants at the 2018 Southeast Congress of Family and Community Medicine

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPMFC is affiliated with SBMFC as the state-level scientific entity for Family and Community Medicine. SBMFC handles membership enrollment and the association represents the specialty at state level while following national guidelines and initiatives.
• Sindicato dos Médicos de São Paulo (Simesp)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPMFC collaborates with Simesp on advocacy initiatives, particularly regarding LGBTIA+ health rights and public health system improvements. Both organizations jointly signed manifestos for public health quality.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC) - Grupo de Trabalho de Gênero, Sexualidade, Diversidade e DireitoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking group focused on gender, sexuality, diversity and rights that collaborates with APMFC on health policies for LGBTIA+ population, providing technical-scientific support for advocacy initiatives.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM): Brazil's federal medical regulatory body overseeing physician licensing and ethics. CFM is adjacent rather than competitive: it regulates the same physician population APMFC serves but does not provide education, congresses, or clinical guidelines.

Broad incumbents

• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP): The UK membership body for general practitioners, providing education, training standards, and advocacy. RCGP parallels APMFC's mission in primary care specialty representation and is a relevant international benchmark for membership model and clinical resource library.
• WONCA (World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians): The global federation of national family medicine organizations. APMFC participates through SBMFC, and WONCA represents the international coordination layer for the same specialty community.
• Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB): The umbrella national medical association in Brazil, representing physicians across all specialties. AMB operates as a broader incumbent providing representation, ethics oversight, and continuing education that overlaps with APMFC's advocacy and education functions.
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): The leading US professional society for family physicians, offering CME, advocacy, clinical resources and member services. AAFP represents the mature, scaled archetype of the category APMFC operates in, with comparable functions (guidelines, congresses, advocacy) but vastly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Sindicato dos Médicos de São Paulo (SIMESP): The São Paulo physicians' union and a direct partner of APMFC on advocacy initiatives including the LGBTIA+ SUS manifesto. SIMESP serves overlapping physician membership in São Paulo with a union/labor focus rather than scientific focus.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria (SBP): A large Brazilian national specialty society for pediatricians. SBP operates a comparable member association model — scientific content, congresses, advocacy, state chapters — making it a structural analogue to APMFC within a different medical specialty.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC): National-level scientific entity for Family and Community Medicine in Brazil, of which APMFC is the São Paulo state affiliate. SBMFC handles APMFC's membership processing and operates as the direct parent/sister organization in the same specialty and value proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-paulista-de-medicina-de-fam%C3%ADlia-e-comunidade-apmfc
• Instagraminstagram.com/a_p_mfc

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

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