At a glance
- Primary health focus
- General Health and Wellbeing
About
Initiative Schweiz is a private, non-profit organisation funded by the Initiative Schweiz Foundation. Based in Suhr, it supports innovative projects and entrepreneurship across Switzerland’s linguistic regions. Its health-related work includes initiating the Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium with the University of Zurich and supporting the exchange of research and practice on sex- and gender-sensitive diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Its remit is broader than women’s health; its ecosystem relevance comes from this documented support for gender medicine.
Investment focus
Sex and gender differences are not consistently incorporated into diagnosis, treatment and prevention, creating a need for exchange between research, clinical practice and policy.
Capital provided
Supports gender-medicine knowledge exchange through the Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium, alongside a broader portfolio promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in Switzerland.
Women’s health focus
Primary health area
General Health and WellbeingCross-cutting support for sex- and gender-sensitive medicine through the Swiss Gender Medicine Symposium; not a women’s-health-only funder.