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.
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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.
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.
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A new publication presents the prevalence of various health indicators in the canton of Geneva.
The latest seroprevalence results in Geneva and Switzerland
The use of screens by the very young is of particular interest to the research being carried out as part of the SEROCoV-KIDS study.
