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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!

To find out more: Pulsations

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.

An article on brown-out was published in the Tribune de Genève on 2 September 2025. Brown-out is a term used to describe a loss of motivation or meaning at work: you're functioning 'half-heartedly', without being completely switched off. It's a subject we're studying in Specchio via the Santé-Travail 2025 questionnaire.

For more information: https: //www.tdg.ch/linvite-le-grand-brown-out-175800303547

The entire team at the Population Epidemiology Unit wishes you a pleasant summer and would like to inform you that the unit will be closed from Monday 28 July to Sunday 10 August 2025.

An analysis of data from the SEROCoV-Kids study shows that between 20% and 30% of children and teenagers aged between 3 and 17 do not comply with recommendations on health behaviour (screen time, physical activity, sleep). These results are a wake-up call, and underline the importance of continuing epidemiological surveillance of the health of the very young in order to put in place effective preventive measures.

To find out more about the study...