SFLS

What SFLS does

SFLS (Société Française de Lutte contre le Sida) is a French non-profit scientific society founded in 1994 and registered under the French law of 1901 (association loi 1901), headquartered at Hôpital Archet 1 in Nice. Its mission is to improve the care and prevention of HIV and hepatitis infections and, since its expansion, to cover broader sexual health. SFLS operates as a professional membership-based association, gathering hospital and community healthcare professionals — physicians, pharmacists, nurses, clinical research technicians, psychologists, sociologists, and associative actors — through three primary commissions: Médicaments-Pharmaciens, Soins, and Migrants & Populations Vulnérables. The Commission Médicaments-Pharmaciens alone comprises approximately 40 multidisciplinary members.

Its core offerings consist of professional training programs (FormaVIH, FormaPrEP, FormaSantéSexuelle) and an e-learning platform (FormaSanteSexuelle) that trained over 5,000 professionals within 18 months of launch. Additional resources include the Biblio-SFLS bibliographic database with visual abstracts on HIV prevention and sexual health, podcasts (Pharmaradio), clinical guidance tools (PrEP Injectable Resource Center for cabotegravir), awareness tools (Sexpoz, Partner Notification), and national convening events including the annual National Congress (27th edition planned for Rennes, November 2026) and Thematic Days on Sexual Health. Since 2024, SFLS holds Qualiopi certification for its training actions.

The business model is not revenue-driven in a commercial sense. SFLS is financed primarily through subsidies from pharmaceutical industry partners acknowledged on its website, supplemented by minimal annual membership contributions (minimum €10/year, with members free to give more), modest DPC training fees (€60 TTC per person), and free access to FormaSanteSexuelle. The organization reaches its audience via its website, email newsletters, social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky), congresses, thematic seminars, and podcasts. SFLS maintains strategic partnerships with SPILF, COREVIH, Ordre des Pharmaciens, ANRS Maladies Infectieuses Émergentes, TRT-5 CHV, CRIPS Ile-de-France, and Cespharm, among others, and operates exclusively within France (with emerging educational outreach to francophone African contexts via DU/DIU africains francophones).

Name

SFLS

Legal name

Société Française de Lutte contre le Sida

Website

https://sfls.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SFLS (Société Française de Lutte contre le Sida) is a French non-profit scientific society, founded in 1994, that brings together multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to advance HIV care, prevention, and broader sexual health through Qualiopi-certified training, e-learning, congresses, and clinical resources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Association / Healthcare Education

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAALAD

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

SECONDARYHLAJAAAL

Sexual Health & STI/HIV Prevention Health Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

SECONDARYMPAJACAL

Professional Certification & Training Content Publishing (Exam Prep, CE/CPD)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Professional & Legal Publishing (Standards, Compliance, Reference)

Keywords

• HIV medical education
• Sexual health training
• Professional medical association
• AIDS prevention resources
• Healthcare professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

Nice

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees from healthcare professionals, with a minimum contribution of 10 euros. Open to doctors, non-physician caregivers (nurses, pharmacists, clinical research technicians), and associative members engaged in HIV fight.
2. Pharmaceutical Industry Subsidies: The website is financed by subsidies from partners in the pharmaceutical industry. Partners are mentioned on the homepage of the site.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SFLS is a French non-profit professional association founded in 1994 that delivers continuing education, scientific training programs (FormaVIH, FormaSantéSexuelle/FormaPrEP), an annual national congress, thematic days, and clinical/bibliographic resources to healthcare professionals involved in HIV/AIDS care, PrEP, and sexual health. It operates as a multidisciplinary scientific society structured around multiple thematic commissions covering clinical practice, prevention, research, and psychosocial dimensions of HIV and sexual health.

Product overview

SFLS (Société Française de Lutte Contre le Sida) operates as a professional medical society rather than a technology company. Its offerings consist primarily of educational and informational resources including: FormaSanteSexuelle (a free e-learning platform for sexual health training with over 5,000 trained professionals), Biblio-SFLS (bibliographic monitoring with visual abstracts on HIV/STI research), FormaVIH (training programs now certified Qualiopi since 2024), and various clinical resources on PrEP including injectable cabotegravir guidance. SFLS also organizes annual conferences including the National Congress (27th edition planned for Rennes 2026) and Thematic Days on Sexual Health. The organization does not appear to offer a technology product or SaaS platform in the traditional sense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FormaVIH: Training program for healthcare professionals on HIV
• FormaPrEP / FormaSantéSexuelle
• FormaSanteSexuelle
• Biblio-SFLS
• CoReSS

Products and services

• FormaVIH

Quantifiable outcome

• 5000 professionals trained on FormaSantéSexuelle platform in 18 months
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SPILF (Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFLS Commission Migrants & Populations Vulnérables operates jointly with SPILF's eponymous group. Annual joint thematic days are organized, including regional days on migrant health and vaccination for immunocompromised patients.
• Ordre des PharmacienscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the pharmacists' professional order for training and support of pharmacy professionals in HIV care and prevention.
• COREVIH (Coordination de la Lutte contre l'Infection par le VIH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative work with COREVIH structures for effective implementation of pharmacist training and support on the ground.
• TRT-5 CHVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFLS and TRT-5 CHV jointly advocate for quarterly dispensation of all oral ARVs, working together on treatment access advocacy.
• CeGIDD and Sexual Health CentersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation protocol training program enabling nurses to perform sexual health consultations in place of doctors following established protocols.
• ANRS Maladies Infectieuses ÉmergentescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative development of HIV treatment recommendations under triple label with CNS and HAS, with chapters directed by Pierre Delobel.
• CRIPS Ile-de-FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint DPC training program 'Mener des entretiens individuels en santé sexuelle en contexte d'officine' with CRIPS Ile-de-France and URPS pharmaciens Ile-de-France.
• CespharmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development of practical guide 'Accompagner la dispensation d'un autotest de dépistage du VIH' with the French pharmaceutical chamber's prevention service.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SPILF (Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française): French infectious disease society that co-operates the SFLS Migrants commission and joint thematic days. Directly comparable as a French scientific society training infectious disease specialists, with overlapping HIV content and congress programming.
• BHIVA (British HIV Association): UK professional association for HIV clinicians producing HIV treatment guidelines and congresses. Directly comparable mission of advancing HIV clinical care through professional education, with similar scientific society structure.
• ASHM (Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine): International peer professional society providing HIV, viral hepatitis and sexual health training and clinical guidance to healthcare workers. Closest cross-border analogue in scope, governance, and education-led model.
• Société Française de Pédiatrie: French pediatric society that co-authored the migrant health screening recommendations with SFLS and SPILF. Comparable French medical society structure and HIV/sexual health content overlap.
• COREVIH (Coordination de la Lutte contre le Virus de l'Immunodéficience Humaine): Regional French HIV coordination bodies that SFLS partners with through CoReSS. Comparable as HIV-focused French professional networks, but organized regionally and focused on coordination rather than training.

Emerging players

• Cespharm: Prevention arm of the FrenchOrdre des Pharmaciens that co-developed HIV self-test guidance with SFLS. Comparable pharmacy-channel HIV/sexual health training audience but operates as a public body rather than independent association.
• TRT-5 CHV: Coalition of French HIV patient advocacy organizations that jointly advocates with SFLS for quarterly ARV dispensation. Comparable HIV-stakeholder community but advocacy-led rather than clinically-led.

Broad incumbents

• CNS (Conseil National du Sida et des Hépatites Virales): French governmental advisory body on AIDS and viral hepatitis that co-labels HIV recommendations with SFLS. Comparable HIV-policy scope but governmental rather than associative.

Regional players

• EACS (European AIDS Clinical Society): European-level HIV clinical society producing HIV treatment guidelines. Comparable in HIV education and guideline authorship, but operates at European rather than national level.
• CRIPS Ile-de-France: Paris-region sexual health education center that co-runs DPC training with SFLS. Comparable sexual health training mission but regional and prevention-focused rather than national clinical society.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xbsky.app/profile/sfls.bsky.social
• Facebookfacebook.com/SFLSida
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sfls-sante
• Instagraminstagram.com/sfls_vih

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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