What Unisanté does

Unisanté is a university center for general medicine and public health headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, operating from the Route de la Corniche 21 headquarters and additional sites at Biopôle, Centre de santé Blécherette, and the Permanence du Flon walk-in clinic (open seven days with extended hours). Established in 2019 from the merger of legacy entities including the Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive (IUMSP), the institution is affiliated with the University of Lausanne (Faculty of Biology and Medicine) and operates under performance-contract mandates from the Canton de Vaud. It is organized into eight departments covering epidemiology, clinical medicine, occupational and environmental health, health promotion, addiction, dependency, and care services, with a workforce of 501-1,000 staff.

The organization runs an integrated portfolio combining clinical care, public health, research, and education. Clinical services include general medicine, vaccination and travel medicine, prevention consultations (cardiovascular, smoking cessation, physical activity counseling), occupational medicine, COVID long care, and PrEP/HIV-IST consultations, delivered across multiple physical sites and via online booking (rendezvous.unisante.ch). Public health operations span community programs, screening (notably breast cancer screening since 1999 — the first organized program in Switzerland), the Vaudese Tumor Registry, migrant healthcare, and municipal-level initiatives such as 'Label Commune en santé'. Research output is channeled through the 'Raisons de santé' publication series (378+ numbered reports, with 'les essentiels' popularized summaries since 2017) and tools such as the Research Roadmap and Data Deposit service, supported by a library integrated into the Renouvaud network.

Commercially, Unisanté blends multiple revenue streams: cantonal and federal public health mandates (Canton de Vaud Service de la santé publique, federal OFSP and OSAV), clinical fees reimbursed through the Swiss Tarmed/TARPSY framework under basic insurance (LAMal), enterprise contracts for occupational health, ergonomics and environmental testing, and continuing education revenue from CAS/MAS programs and corporate training. Distribution combines physical sites, mobile outreach (Bus santé), online appointment and course platforms, events such as the weekly Jeudis d'Unisanté, and outreach to healthcare professionals through decision aids (EviPrev) and referral pathways.

Name

Unisanté

Legal name

Unisanté

Website

https://unisante.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Unisanté is a university center for general medicine and public health in Lausanne, affiliated with the University of Lausanne and Canton de Vaud. It delivers integrated clinical care, prevention, occupational health, research, and continuing education to the Vaudese population, enterprises, and federal health authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare and Primary Medical Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Primary Care Practices (HLAFAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Health Promotion & Public Health Education (Community Workshops) (EDAAAFAG)

Keywords

• Primary healthcare services
• Public health programs
• Occupational health services
• Medical consultations
• Health research and education

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Cantonal Public Health Mandates: Unisanté receives government funding and operates under performance contracts with the Canton of Vaud for public health mandates including cancer screening programs, occupational health, migrant healthcare, community emergency response, and the Vaudese Tumor Registry.
2. Healthcare Services (Tarmed): Direct medical consultations reimbursed through Swiss health insurance (Tarmed/TARPSY rates). Services include general medicine, vaccinations, prevention consultations, and specialized medical services.
3. Continuing Education and Training: Revenue from professional development courses, CAS/MAS programs, doctoral school, and company training services. Published catalog of continuing education offerings.
4. Research Contracts and Mandates: Funded research projects commissioned by federal offices (OFSP, OSAV), cantonal health services, and institutional partners. The annual report highlights collaborations and public mandate achievements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Unisanté delivers integrated university-level general medicine and public health services through clinical consultations, prevention and health promotion programs, occupational health for enterprises, and academic training. It also conducts commissioned public health research and disseminates findings via the Raisons de santé publication collection, while operating digital tools (appointment booking, health courses, mobile health bus) and a research library within the Vaudese academic network.

Product overview

Unisanté is a university center for general medicine and public health in Lausanne offering an integrated portfolio of healthcare services, health promotion and prevention programs, academic training, and research. The core offerings include medical consultations (general medicine, vaccination, prevention, occupational health), public health programs (physical activity, nutrition, screening, smoking cessation), and comprehensive education and research services. Research outputs are disseminated through the 'Raisons de santé' publication collection and its shorter variant 'les essentiels', while the 'Roadmap' tool supports researchers in project planning. Additional services include a library (part of Renouvaud network), data deposit services, and mobile health services like the Health Bus and Health Courses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Consultations (Consultations médicales) Primary care medical consultations covering general medicine, vaccination and travel medicine, prevention, COVID long care, occupational medicine, and specialized medical services delivered across multiple sites in the Lausanne region.
• Health Promotion and Prevention (Promotion et prévention) Public health programs covering physical activity, nutrition, cancer and cardiovascular screening, smoking cessation, occupational health, and community-level initiatives for communes in the Canton of Vaud.
• Business and Institutional Services (Entreprises et institutions) B2B services for companies and institutions including environmental analyses, occupational health, ergonomics, psychosocial risk prevention, and execution of public health mandates.
• Education and Research (Formation et recherche) Comprehensive educational offerings spanning undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral training, continuing education (CAS/MAS), apprenticeships, and research activities across multiple health disciplines.
• Health Bus (Bus santé) Mobile health screening and advisory service that brings health assessments directly to communities and workplaces across the Canton of Vaud.
• Health Courses (Cours santé) Health-related training courses offered to the general public and professionals through the dedicated courses platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• First organized cancer screening program in Switzerland (breast cancer screening since 1999)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève (HUG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 June 2026Collaboration on healthcare equity initiatives. Jointly with HUG, Unisanté participates in the Revue Médicale Suisse campaign '12 months, 12 beneficial actions for more equity in healthcare' focused on migrant healthcare pathways.
• Office fédéral de la sécurité alimentaire et des affaires vétérinaires (OSAV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal office that commissions research studies coordinated by Unisanté on food safety and environmental contaminant exposure in Switzerland.
• Office fédéral de la santé publique (OFSP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational health authority that commissions epidemiological studies, addiction monitoring, and prevention program evaluations from Unisanté researchers.
• Université de Lausanne (Unil)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership providing teaching, research supervision, and integration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine. Unisanté is part of the Swissuniversities network.
• Canton de Vaud - Service de la santé publiquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary governmental partner providing core funding and mandates for public health programs including cancer screening, occupational health, migrant healthcare, and health surveillance.
• Observatoire du sport populaireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in research on sport and nicotine consumption in French-speaking Switzerland, along with the Institute of Sports Science at Unil.
• Fondation PROFA / Checkpoint VaudminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on HIV/STI prevention services and chemsex consultation evaluation projects in the canton of Vaud.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• University Hospital Zurich (USZ): USZ is the largest university hospital in Switzerland and a teaching hospital of the University of Zurich. It provides a broader portfolio of specialty and primary care plus research, but is significantly larger and more focused on hospital-based specialty medicine than Unisanté's primary-care and public-health emphasis.
• Inselspital, Bern University Hospital: Inselspital is the university hospital of the University of Bern, providing inpatient, outpatient, and research services. It overlaps with Unisanté on teaching and selected outpatient activities, but is a full tertiary hospital rather than a primary-care-and-public-health center.

Direct peers

• Bern Institute of Primary Care (BIHAM): BIHAM is the University of Bern's institute dedicated to primary care research, teaching, and continuing education. It is the closest functional analog to Unisanté's primary-care and public-health mandate within Switzerland, although Unisanté's scope is broader, including occupational and environmental health.
• Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève (HUG): HUG is the Geneva university hospital and a confirmed partner of Unisanté on healthcare-equity initiatives. It offers a comparable combination of clinical care, public health programs, and academic research under a cantonal mandate, and overlaps directly with Unisanté's general medicine and population-health mandate.
• Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva (ISG): The ISG at the University of Geneva conducts population-health and global-health research and teaching in close partnership with HUG. Like Unisanté, it combines epidemiological research, graduate training, and policy engagement, and serves a comparable Swiss-French academic ecosystem with overlapping research themes.
• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH): Swiss TPH is a publicly funded research and teaching institute associated with the University of Basel that combines epidemiology, public health, and clinical research. It mirrors Unisanté's public-health research, graduate education, and federal-mandate portfolio, although it operates at a national rather than cantonal level.
• Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV): CHUV is the Lausanne university hospital affiliated with the University of Lausanne, providing inpatient and outpatient services in the same Canton of Vaud. Like Unisanté, it combines specialty/academic medicine, research, and teaching, and shares overlapping primary care and public health missions within the Vaud healthcare ecosystem.

Others

• University of Lausanne Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM-UNIL): FBM-UNIL is Unisanté's academic parent faculty, housing medical and life-sciences teaching and research. It is an upstream partner and ecosystem participant rather than a competitor, but its scope (medical school, biomedical research) frames the teaching and research environment in which Unisanté operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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