Welcome to the SDC Health Network!

Karongi, Rwanda 2011: Health professionals often walk 2-3 hours to get to the places where they do the regular vaccinations.
SDC project: PSP (Programme Appuy au Sant Publique). Photo: Corinne Corradi, SDC.

SDC-Health is the shareweb of the Health-Net of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC. Our staff and partners as well as anybody interested in international health issues are welcome to use the SDC Health Shareweb.

This shareweb serves as a gateway to the latest in SDC Health Policy and Practice, the Swiss contribution to reaching the Millennium Development Goals related to health, as well as to general information about the work we are doing.

The Health-Net is the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation’s thematic network for health and welcomes SDC staff and partners worldwide involved in strengthening health systems in favor of access for all to quality services. Members of the SDC Health-Net are development practitioners with links to the activities of SDC.

Main purposes of the Health-Net are to improve the health-related interventions of SDC by:

·         Facilitating exchange of experiences and advocating the relevance of health in poverty reduction.

·         Providing access to resources to technical expertise and stimulate innovations.

·         Providing access to information on international debates on relevant health issues.

·         Offering guidance and promoting exchange on priorities in health and on positioning SDC/Switzerland in international and global health debates.