Organization:Unisanté
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The University Centre for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté) is a public institution of the Canton of Vaud, in Switzerland.
Unisanté is affiliated to the Directorate-General for Health of the Canton of Vaud and to the University of Lausanne.[1]
Unisanté's vision is to:[2]
Promote and improve the health of individuals and populations in their environment, regardless of their socio-economic status, through prevention, outpatient care and public health measures, within an academic framework.
History
Unisanté was founded on 1 January 2019, through the merger of the following institutions:[3][4]
- Policlinique médicale universitaire (PMU);
- Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive (IUMSP);
- Institut universitaire romand de santé au travail (IRST);
- Association Promotion santé Vaud (ProSV);
- Fondation vaudoise pour le dépistage du cancer (FVDC, since 2020);
- Équipe mobile d’urgences sociales (EMUS, since 2021);
- Centrale téléphonique des médecins de garde (CTMG, since 2024).
See also
- Healthcare in Switzerland
- Health policy
- Health promotion
References
- ↑ Swiss Telegraphic Agency (4 February 2019). "Le nouveau centre Unisanté répondra aux enjeux de santé publique" (in fr). https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/le-nouveau-centre-unisant%C3%A9-r%C3%A9pondra-aux-enjeux-de-sant%C3%A9-publique/44731688.
- ↑ "Missions et valeurs" (in fr). https://www.unisante.ch/fr/propos-dunisante/missions-valeurs.
- ↑ Swiss Telegraphic Agency (4 February 2019). "Vaud : la Policlinique universitaire fusionne avec plusieurs structures académiques" (in fr). Le Temps. https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/vaud/vaud-policlinique-universitaire-fusionne-plusieurs-structures-academiques. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ↑ Cornuz, Jacques; Senn, Nicolas; Bodenmann, Patrick; Bochud, Murielle (1 April 2020). "Unisanté, le nouveau centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique" (in fr). Primary and Hospital Care. https://serval.unil.ch/fr/notice/serval:BIB_815FBFC6D7EC. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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