La santé – Un droit de l'homme universellement reconnu

Pour plus d’un milliard de personnes dans le monde, le droit à la santé, n’est pas garanti. Les inégalités qui règnent actuellement dans le domaine de la santé entravent le développement durable, social et économique. La DDC s’engage par conséquent pour améliorer la situation sanitaire des habitants des pays à faible ou à moyen revenu. Par ailleurs, elle mobilise au besoin l’expertise de la Suisse pour établir et développer des services de santé de qualité efficaces.

Priorités de la DDC

La Suisse considère les services de santé essentiels comme une condition nécessaire pour assurer le développement économique et social. Les inégalités qui sévissent en matière de santé constituent selon elle des violations inacceptables des droits humains fondamentaux. L’action de la DDC en faveur de la santé se concentre donc sur les besoins des populations les plus pauvres.

Améliorer la santé de ces dernières est directement lié à l’Agenda 2030 pour le développement durable en vigueur. En formulant l’objectif 3 de cet agenda, la communauté internationale s’est engagée à permettre à tous de vivre en bonne santé et à promouvoir le bien-être de tous à tout âge. Le système de santé joue à cet égard un rôle déterminant. L’accès à un système de santé fonctionnel est indispensable pour réduire les inégalités sociales et promouvoir le développement durable. C’est pourquoi, dans son approche de la santé, la DDC met l’accent sur la bonne gouvernance, le renforcement du rôle et de la responsabilité des collectivités et des usagers des services de santé, et la création de structures performantes:

  • renforcer les systèmes de santé pour proposer des soins essentiels pour tous;
  • contrôler les maladies transmissibles et non transmissibles;
  • améliorer la santé sexuelle et reproductive et les droits qui lui sont liés, y compris la santé de la mère et de l’enfant;
  • dans le cadre de la coopération internationale, intégrer la lutte contre le VIH/sida dans d’autres domaines que la santé.

Contexte

Il revient aux gouvernements ainsi qu’aux collectivités concernées d’assurer le fonctionnement des services de santé. Pour affecter/allouer les ressources disponibles de manière efficace et au plus près des besoins sanitaires de la population, le renforcement de la bonne gouvernance est un facteur essentiel.

La Suisse a, dans le domaine de la santé, un important savoir-faire qui revêt d’ores et déjà une importance cruciale pour les pays partenaires lors de la mise en place et du développement de leur système de santé. Sur cette base, la DDC met au service des pays partenaires des connaissances, des produits et des prestations de manière ciblée grâce à ses partenariats stratégiques avec des ONG suisses, des instituts de recherche et le secteur privé. Elle encourage des solutions innovantes adaptées à la situation locale ainsi que des comportements durables qui permettent des améliorations sanitaires dans les pays partenaires.

Les importants progrès réalisés dans ce domaine ne doivent cependant pas faire oublier les défis qui subsistent. Même si la pauvreté absolue régresse bel et bien, le fossé entre l’état de santé des riches et celui des pauvres continue de se creuser. Près d’un milliard de personnes, pauvres parmi les pauvres, n’ont toujours pas accès aujourd’hui à l’eau potable et aux installations sanitaires, à une nourriture suffisante et adaptée, ou encore aux services de santé.

Documents

Politique extérieure suisse en matière de santé 2019-2024

Politique extérieure en matière de santé de la Suisse
[de] (PDF, 44 Pages, 1.9 MB, Allemand)

[en] (PDF, 44 Pages, 2.0 MB, Anglais)
[fr] (PDF, 2.1 MB, Français)
[it] (PDF, 44 Pages, 2.1 MB, Italien)

Universal Health Coverage aus Sicht der Schweizer Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Ein Etappenziel
Rede von Gerhard Siegfried, Themenverantwortlicher Gesundheit und Abteilungsleiter Ost- und Südliches Afrika DEZA
[de] (PDF, 10 Pages, 782.2 kB)

Politique de santé de la DDC
(PDF, 10 Pages, 782.2 kB)
[de] (PDF, 20 Pages, 1.4 MB, Allemand)

[en] (PDF, 1.3 MB, Anglais)
[fr] (PDF, 4 Pages, 1.3 MB, Français)

Lessons learned from evaluations on community participation and civil society involvement in health
EvalBrief – October 2012
[en] (PDF, 291.8 kB, Anglais)

Projets actuels

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Swiss Malaria Group

01.01.2024 - 31.12.2025

Founded in 2007 as an informal network, the Swiss Malaria Group (SMG) has undergone organisational development leading to a formalized multi-stakeholder group with a strategic focus on raising awareness about malaria and the comparative advantage of Switzerland to defeat the disease. Organised as an association, with an Executive Secretariat hosted by Medicus Mundi Switzerland, the 15 organisations help accelerating malaria elimination, through innovative control measures, knowledge and financial flows.


Myanmar: Primary Health Care

01.05.2023 - 30.04.2026

The military coup in Myanmar has interrupted the progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and provoked a quasi-collapse of the public health system. Through the Primary Health Care project, Switzerland supports conflict-affected communities in Karen State by providing essential lifesaving healthcare and quality basic maternal and child health services through strengthening the ethnic health system and the community-based service provision.


Women and Girls First

01.05.2023 - 30.04.2026

In Myanmar, the pandemic and military coup have increased the risks for gender-based violence (GBV) and deep-rooted gender inequality. Through the Women and Girls First programme, Switzerland supports women, girls and young people to realise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and fulfil their potential. It does so by strengthening community-based and ethnic systems to be more responsive to needs related to GBV, SRHR and mental health.


Cholera Response Mozambique 2023

07.02.2023 - 31.07.2023

A cholera crisis is spreading across Southern Africa. Malawi is undergoing the wost crisis since years. Numerous cases have also been diagnosed in Mozambique, where the epidemy is developing very fast since January 2023 . This contribution aims at containing the spread of the outbreak through Infection and Prevention Control (IPC) measures as well as medical treatment of people affected by cholera in Mozambique.


2023 Annual Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans - Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023

Against historic levels of food security due to conflicts, climate change and COVID-19, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.


Program Contribution for Fondation Terre des hommes 2023-2024

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024

The program of the Terre des hommes Foundation (TdhF) aims to sustainably reduce child mortality and morbidity and to secure access to health, sanitation and clean water for mothers and children (0-18 years) in severe poverty. Children in contexts of migration, conflict and disasters, and child victims of violence are better protected. International standards in child-friendly justice are promoted. Humanitarian interventions in fragile contexts, combined with poverty reduction and sustainable development are promoted through innovative work with children and youths.


Contribution to UNRWA's Programme Budget 2023-2024

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024

UNRWA is one of Switzerland’s key multilateral partners in the Middle East, due to its important contributions towards stability and peace in the region and its role in providing services and humanitarian assistance to people in need. Under its Programme Budget, UNRWA ensures universal access to quality primary health care and to basic education to 5.8 million registered Palestine refugees. It also provides targeted relief and social services to vulnerable refugees.


Strengthening Nursing in Bosnia and Herzegovina

01.12.2022 - 30.11.2026

The health system of BiH is expensive and providing poor quality services, partly due to underutilised potential of nurses. With the support of the project, the health authorities will reform the profession of nurses by aligning nursing practice to quality standards, improving their capacities, expanding their tasks and stimulating homebased care and health education. This will enhance the coverage, quality and cost-effectiveness of health services thereby improving the health status of men and women in BiH. 


Effective management and prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases

01.07.2022 - 30.06.2026

Kyrgyzstan faces an increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases and there are significant gaps in the health system to manage them. The Primary Health Care system should deliver equitable care and prevent hospitalizations with non-communicable diseases’ complications. The project contributes to Improve health and quality of life of the rural population through replicating the model of primary health care strengthening and promoting healthy behaviour among people in southern regions and two big cities.


Lugano Summer School

01.01.2022 - 31.12.2025

The Lugano Summer School in Public Health Policy, Economics and Management is an international hub for post-graduate short-term training in public health attracting practitioners and academics from around the world, in the spirit of mutual learning. This is one product of the Swiss School of Public Health consortium (SSPH+) portfolio. SDC scholarship support to the LSS facilitates participation to an expanding campus on public health and international recognition of expertise from low and middle-income countries since over 20 years.  


UNICEF Contribution générale 2022-2024

01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024

UNICEF is one of Switzerland’s key partners to achieve the Swiss strategic priorities in education, health and child protection in both development and humanitarian contexts. Switzerland has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guides UNICEF’s universal mandate. As one of the UN’s largest agencies, UNICEF plays a key role in the United Nations Development System (UNDS) Reform to more effectively deliver results for children as part of the 2030 Agenda. 


Health System Strengthening Support Program

01.01.2022 - 31.12.2023

With its contribution to the health common fund, Switzerland supports the Government of Mozambique, in particular local governments, to support equitable access to primary health services focused on women, children and people living in rural areas. As the current format of the health common fund is going to end in 2024, Switzerland, with its last contribution, will advocate for improved coordination among donors and the various existing health funds.

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