Switzerland
© Pierre-William Henry
Médecins du Monde, working in Switzerland since 1993.
ENSURING UNCONDITIONAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
An ongoing struggle
Despite the establishment of many public mechanisms for vulnerable people in the 30 years since the creation of MdM, Switzerland continues to suffer humanitarian emergencies and obstacles to access to rights and healthcare. These issues have led us to maintain or develop not only programs to create centers that provide medical and social care and guidance/support, but also mobile community-based actions.
© Pierre-William Henry / MdM
Médecins du Monde nursing service at the Lausanne food bank during the partial lockdown linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discover our programmes in Switzerland
Our actions in Switzerland and their sources of support:
CASO health and counseling center: Commission for the Promotion of Health and the Fight against Addictions (CPSLA), Loterie Romande, City of Yverdon-les-Bains
MAISON DE SANTÉ health center: Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel – Public Health Department and Department of Employment and Social Cohesion
THAYS support for sex workers: Aspasie; Fondation Philanthropique Famille Sandoz; Federal Office of Police (Fedpol); Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel – Public Health Department; City of Neuchâtel – Dicastère of Family, Training, Health, and Sports
Support for homeless people: Swiss Solidarity; Government of Vaud – Directorate General of Health and Department of Health and Social Action; City of Renens
MAISON DE SANTÉ health center: Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel – Public Health Department and Department of Employment and Social Cohesion
THAYS support for sex workers: Aspasie; Fondation Philanthropique Famille Sandoz; Federal Office of Police (Fedpol); Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel – Public Health Department; City of Neuchâtel – Dicastère of Family, Training, Health, and Sports
Support for homeless people: Swiss Solidarity; Government of Vaud – Directorate General of Health and Department of Health and Social Action; City of Renens
