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By completing the Specchio 65+ questionnaire, you are helping to improve our understanding of health, quality of life and social ties as we age. Your answers will support the development of actions to promote healthy ageing.

In fourteen years, the proportion of the population who forego healthcare for financial reasons has risen from 16% to almost 26%. Long concentrated among the most vulnerable, this phenomenon is now also affecting middle- and high-income households. This is a worrying development, closely linked to the continuing rise in health insurance premiums, and has major consequences for public health.
Find out all the results in our article.

As 2025 draws to a close, we would like to send you a message of thanks and recognition. Your participation and commitment throughout the year have helped to give life to an essential collective dynamic, which we look forward to continuing with you in 2026.

The 'Mobility' 2025 questionnaire seeks to understand how the people of Geneva get around and how these habits influence their health and well-being. By answering the questionnaire, everyone can help to identify the most commonly used modes of transport, the obstacles encountered, development needs and any inequalities between regions. The responses will also be used to monitor trends in relation to 2024. It only takes a few minutes to help improve mobility and health in Geneva.

The Specchio study highlighted at the 48ᵉ World Hospital Congress in Geneva.
Presented to hospital leaders from over 90 countries, Specchio demonstrates how a population-based cohort can transform healthcare planning: better anticipation of needs, more targeted prevention based on age, gender or socio-economic status, and sustainable cost reductions.

Thank you for your recent participation in the Bus santé study. If you still agree, we invite you to continue your commitment to health research via Specchio. It's very simple and straightforward. You have already created your account and filled in your first questionnaires.

Over the next few weeks we will be sending the results of the Specchio study to the participants. In the meantime, don't hesitate to check out the general results of the Specchio study via Zoom in : https://www.specchio-hub.ch/resultats 

Our next webinar will take place on Wednesday 14 January 2026 from 4pm to 5pm (online only). We look forward to seeing you there to discuss the progress of our studies and answer your questions.

You can already register here !

Any adult living in the canton of Geneva can take part in the Specchio study. Don't hesitate to spread the word and tell your friends, colleagues and family. The more people who sign up, the more data will be collected on the state of health of the population of Geneva!

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To take part: Register

The University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) are putting a conversational agent online to provide the general public and doctors with general, verified medical information that can be accessed at any time.

Test the tool: hug.plus/confiance

Click here to watch the video that explains everything.

Even if we want to turn the page on the pandemic, more than 500,000 people in Switzerland are thought to be suffering from COVID Long. A national strategy for care, support and research has recently been proposed.

For more information: https: //www.rts.ch/info/sante/2025/article/covid-long-une-strategie-nationale-pour-mieux-soutenir-les-300-000-malades-29002324.html

The start of the new school year is often an opportunity to reorganise and take stock... including our well-being at work.