Geographical Locations - Switzerland

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 630
• CIA World Factbook : Switzerland

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile -Switzerland
  - WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile: Switzerland
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Switzerland

Government

• Swiss Federal Statistical Office

Non-Government

• CSS - Centrale Sanitaire Suisse, Zürich - Politische Solidarität durch medizinische Hilfe ( French & German )
• Green Cross : Switzerland
• AIDSNet.ch - the portal to HIV/AIDS information "designed for people working in HIV/AIDS prevention, people living with HIV/AIDS and all those interested in the matter."
• HON - Health On the Net Foundation, Geneva - a non-profit organisation. Its mission is to build and support the international health and medical community on the Internet and World-Wide Web so that the potential benefits of this new communications medium may be realised by individuals, medical professionals and health care providers
• Impuls - Selbsthilfeorganisation von behinderten und nichtbehinderten Menschen - a self-help organisation of disabled and non-disabled people
• MMS - Medicus Mundi Switzerland - The Swiss Organisation for International Cooperation in Health Care - a rich resource on international training programs in public health and the Swiss public health system
• SwissWeb de la Prevention - l'Arcade virtuelle ZAPPING PREVENTION© pour la gestion promotionnelle de la santé, du bien-être et de la qualité de la vie
• VIRUS - Verein für interaktive Randgruppenarbeit und Suchtproblematik - located in the City of Basel, an organisation aiming at minority groups and (illegal) drug users

Academic Institutions

• University of Basel
  - Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin
  - Swiss Tropical Institute
• University of Berne,
  - Institute for Medical Education
• University of Geneva
• University of Lausanne
  University of Zürich,
  - Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
  - Institute of Social Ethics - still in German, but an English version is announced

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Primary care physician supply and other key determinants of health care utilisation: The case of Switzerland - The Swiss government decided to freeze new accreditations for physicians in private practice in Switzerland based on the assumption that demand-induced health care spending may be cut by limiting care offers. This legislation initiated an ongoing controversial public debate in Switzerland. The aim of this study is therefore the determination of socio-demographic and health system-related factors of per capita consultation rates with primary care physicians in the multicultural population of Switzerland..." The study documents a large small-area variation in utilisation and provision of health care resources in Switzerland. Effects of physician density appeared to be strongly related to Swiss language regions and may be rooted in the different cultural backgrounds of the served populations.

Educational Resources

• CDC - Travel Information : Western Europe
• EXPOLIS - Air Pollution Exposure Distributions of Adult Urban Populations in Europe - Basel