ICPIC Innovation Academy – Hubert Tuor prize
THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PREVENTION AND INFECTION CONTROL (ICPIC), SPONSORED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, TAKES PLACE IN GENEVA EVERY TWO YEARS AND BRINGS TOGETHER 1,500 PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN PREVENTING INFECTION AND CONTROL OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE. Staying vigilant and sharing knowledge In spite of the…
COVID&MOI, A WEBSITE CREATED BY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Within the context of the COVID-19, Professor Pittet, our famous epidemiologist and infectologist from HUG, requested his medical students to develop a website dedicated mainly to young target audiance. The aim was to sensitize young people with the problems related to COVID-19, raising their awareness of the importance of the issues, teaching correct reflexes, through…
HelloMask
The Hubert Foundation is taking part in HelloMask, a research project run by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL in conjunction with the Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. The inspiration behind the project was the experience of Diane Bataard, a storyteller for sick children. Working with young patients…
A new life
The Hubert Tuor Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Geneva, has launched the initiative “A New Life” as part of its contribution to supporting students. The programme has several objectives. First, it aims to offer French language courses, university summer schools and grants to young people who are students. Second, it aims to collect…
Infokids, an interactive, dynamic application
The Hubert Tuor has joined forces with the HUG private Foundation to support a project aimed at parents and designed to improve care for young patients in the paediatric emergency department in Geneva. A digital solution to help patients The INFOKIDS app has been designed so that parents of sick children can get in touch…
FHT & DFDL, a nice meeting between two foundations
The Hubert Tuor Foundation (FHT) and the Dr Henri Dubois-Ferrière Dinu Lipatti Foundation (DFDL) share common values and objectives. In light of its involvement in projects that support training and research in scientific and medical areas, it was natural for the FHT to take an interest in the projects funded by the DFDL. The closer relationship between…
The Mintaka Foundation
The Mintaka Foundation, created in 2005 by three professors in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva, aims to find solutions to health problems in developing countries and to provide technological solutions to those who are most disadvantaged. It is a mission that the Hubert Tuor Foundation (FHT) was keen to support. Making…
GirlsCoding
GirlsCoding is an association established in Lausanne by a group of engineers and researchers from the école polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne so that more women worldwide will take jobs in information technology. The problem The many stereotypes and the lack of role models mean that young women often do not consider IT options when making their…
Co3libri
The Hubert Tuor Foundation is proud to actively support Co3libri, a project connected with the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), the University’s Faculty of Medicine and the private Foundation of the Geneva University Hospitals. Its aim is to prepare children who need surgery and their parents for a medical intervention, and to promote communication and trust between…
The Children of Hue
A natural synergy has developed between the Hubert Tuor Foundation and the Hue Children’s Foundation, founded in 2004 thanks to the involvement and devotion of Father Patrick-Marie Sérafini. The aim of the Hue Children’s Foundation The aim of Hue Children’s Foundation is to provide voluntary assistance to children and young people who live in conditions of extreme…
Bruno Jelk, an exceptional man who cares for Nepal
Bruno Jelk has dedicated all of his life to saving other people’s lives. The Hubert Tuor Foundation wishes to work alongside him by contributing a part of the financial support needed for his projects, as was recently the case in Nepal. Mountain rescue: a vocation Bruno is a native of Fribourg, but an adopted citizen of Valais…