Les soins de santé primaires, une responsabilité démocratique

"Nur Scecdon ist am 17. Juni 2025 nach Somalia geflogen und reiste von Mogadischu nach Merka und hat dort im Sommer die dringend nötigen Renovationen der Gebäude des Ambulatoriums organisiert."

• Swisso Kalmo

"Halima Barrow Nur ist Mutter von drei Kinder, deren Vater vor über fünf Jahren gestorben ist. Frau Barrow Nur arbeitet und bemüht sich, die täglichen Bedürf¬nisse ihrer Kinder zu decken. Halima und ihre Kinder gehören zu den Patientinnen, die mit dem Swisso Kalmo Ambulatorium in Verbindung stehen und medizinische Hilfe in Anspruch nehmen, wenn sie sie benötigen. "

• Swisso Kalmo

"Ich arbeite als Apothekerin und bin verantwortlich für diverse Aufgaben von der Medikamentenausgabe bis zur Zusammenarbeit mit Gesundheitsfachkräften."

• Swisso Kalmo

Mihela Hinic, coordinatrice pays de la Croix-Rouge suisse (CRS), sait toute la détresse des personnes en situation de pauvreté en Europe de l’Est. Elle explique pourquoi les dons récoltés l’hiver pendant l’opération «2 x Noël» sont décisifs. Chaque contribution, même modique, est essentielle pour aider les plus vulnérables.

• Croix-Rouge Suisse

"Comment, en tant que proche, accompagner une personne atteinte de démence tout en se préservant? Le cours de la Croix-Rouge suisse consacré à la démence au quotidien fournit des conseils utiles aux proches et aux soignants. Impressions."

• Croix-Rouge Suisse

"In a landmark study published in Nature today, scientists from the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) and the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Tanzania, in partnership with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and the Imperial College London as part of the Transmission Zero programme, have successfully developed genetically modified mosquitoes in Tanzania that block the transmission of malaria."

• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

"De nouvelles données à long terme montrent que les parents qui passent moins de temps assis et qui bougent davantage ont des enfants plus actifs, et que cette influence perdure dans le temps. L’étude apporte des preuves sur la manière dont les habitudes d’activités des parents influencent le comportement physique de leurs enfants au fil du temps, ainsi que sur les différences entre le rôle des mères et des pères. Cette recherche, menée par le Swiss TPH et ses partenaires dans le cadre de la cohorte SOPHYA, a été publiée aujourd’hui dans le Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors. Les conclusions soulignent l'intérêt des recherches de cohorte à long terme pour orienter les politiques de santé publique."

• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

"In Rubavu, Rwanda, young people are taking the lead in improving community nutrition and health. Through the Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE) project, youth groups are helping families build kitchen gardens, promote healthy eating, and create new income opportunities. We spoke with Deo Ngoga Kalisa, Youth Coordinator for the Rubavu District, about how the NICE project inspires youth to take action and create real impact in their communities."

• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

"Swiss TPH in partnership with MOMM Diagnostics, has been awarded a grant from the Gates Foundation to advance early and timely detection of preeclampsia – a leading cause of maternal and neonatal mortality worldwide."

• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

"MERCI ! En 2025, grâce à votre générosité, nous avons développé plus de 400 projets dans près de 60 pays. Soins, éducation, insertion, sensibilisation aux dangers des mines… votre soutien a changé des vies. Découvrez notre vidéo rétrospective et les moments marquants de cette année solidaire"

• Handicap international

"Le Landmine Monitor 2025 fait état d'au moins 6279 victimes de mines et de restes explosifs de guerre en 2024 – soit le chiffre annuel le plus élevé depuis 2020. Le tout, dans un contexte de vives inquiétudes liées à l'annonce par six États de leur intention de se retirer ou de suspendre le Traité d'Ottawa qui interdit les mines antipersonnel. Alors que les États se réuniront à Genève du 1er au 5 décembre prochain pour la conférence annuelle sur les mines, Handicap International les appelle à réaffirmer leur engagement envers le Traité."

• Handicap international

"The U.S. sought to stop the adoption of the declaration via a procedural vote, but the appeal failed to secure the majority vote required, with only three countries — Argentina, Israel and U.S. — supporting it."

• devex

"Nearly a year after the U.S. cut much of its health funding to Kenya, unpaid community health workers still underpin HIV and mental health care. A new U.S.-Kenya health deal has been signed, but its impact has yet to reach the front lines."

• devex

"Afghanistan and Yemen excluded from list of 17 priority countries chosen by Trump administration to receive aid laden with demands"

• The Guardian

"Funding shocks, political U-turns and weakened institutions have laid bare the flaws in a global health architecture long overdue for reform – and the need for courageous leadership to stop it from unravelling, writes Priti Patnaik, global health journalist and founder of the Geneva Health Files."

• Geneva Solutions

"Fin octobre 2025, l’ouragan Melissa, considéré comme l’une des tempêtes tropicales les plus violentes jamais enregistrées au-dessus de l’Atlantique, a provoqué de graves inondations et d’importantes destructions d’infrastructures en Haïti, en Jamaïque et à Cuba."

• Direction du développement et de la coopération (DDC)

"As the world celebrates Human Rights Day, the system meant to protect people’s rights worldwide is reeling from a funding crisis resulting in 300 job cuts, shrinking operations and leaving defenders on the ground exposed."

• Geneva Solutions

"Just a few months into his new term, President Peter Mutharika is grappling with a triple crisis: a deep-seated food emergency, diminishing aid, and soaring debt. With over four million Malawians – 22% of the population – facing the threat of acute malnutrition until the next harvest in March, Mutharika last month declared a nationwide state of disaster."

• Health Policy Watch

"The working group will issue an interim report in June 2026, with final recommendations due by late October — a compromise between calls for a June decision and concerns about moving too quickly."

• Devex

"The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Brazil for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, making it the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this historic milestone. This accomplishment reflects Brazil’s long-standing commitment to universal and free access to health services through its Unified Health System (SUS), anchored in a strong primary health-care system and respect for human rights."

• World Health Organization

"The US government’s new global health strategy calls for shifting 270,000 frontline health-care workers from US-funded NGO programs to recipient government payrolls. But this could cause an exodus from the profession, undermining the disease-surveillance system and putting American lives at risk."

• Project Syndicate

"During the COVID-19 pandemic, middle-income countries struggled to invest in vaccines and other medical countermeasures. To avoid repeating the same mistake, policymakers from these countries must demand that multilateral development banks make at-risk financing available as soon as the next outbreak occurs."

• Project Syndicate

"The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change lives."

• The Guardian

Today, the conflict in Sudan reaches its 1000th day, with over 20 million people requiring health assistance and 21 million desperately needing food. "Nearly three years of continuous violence, severe access constraints, and reduced funding have turned Sudan into the worst humanitarian crisis globally. An estimated 33.7 million people will need humanitarian aid this year."

• World Health Organization

"Opinion: Existing global efforts to tackle menstrual discrimination have predominantly focused on menstrual hygiene, rather than taking a holistic approach that integrates menstrual health and dignity into broader social, economic, human rights and health dialogues."

• devex

​"Calls to a clinic in Uganda are helping create a therapy algorithm that works in local languages, as specialists look to technology to address the global mental health crisis"

• The Guardian

"Wenn es in Kliniken an Pflegern fehlt, sterben mehr Menschen. Das ist messbar, wie eine neue Studie belegt.

• Frankfurter Allgemeine