Geneva Health, Beauty & Fitness

AA meetings for the twelve-steps - in French or English - in Geneva city, Vaud, Valais and across the French border in Ferney-Voltaire - for those needing help to overcome a drinking problem.

Information on the health and risk situation in France with links to government sources of information (in French), the Grippe Avaire hotline and further English-language links.

Information on the E112 form for EU residents seeking medical treatment in another EU country. Where to obtain the form, when it's required, how it's different from a European Health Insurance Card and what kind of care is covered.

Emergency services: the numbers to call for Fire, Police, Ambulance in Geneva and Vaud. Also drug help, poisons and emergency doctors and hospitals.

Where or how to find a physician: general practitioner, paediatrician, gynaecologist, dentist or orthodontist in the border zones of Geneva.

EU Factsheets on the social security and employee protection and allowances for the French employee. Includes information on maternity insurance, life insurance and unemployment benefits.

EU Factsheets on the social security and employee protection and allowances for the Swiss employee. Includes information on maternity insurance, life insurance and unemployment benefits.

Information directly from the European Union on the practical aspects of moving to and living in Switzerland: residency, finding a home, a school and a job, Swiss social security and more.

The administrative details you need to know if you are giving birth in France. Who to contact and what to expect from the French system throughout the pregnancy and the post-natal period.

The administrative details you need to know if you are giving birth in Geneva. Who to contact and what to expect from the Swiss system: maternity leave, midwives, vaccinations and registering the birth.

Looking for a doctor? Or share contacts of a hairdresser and get recommendations on Yoga classes? This is the place for all your health, fitness and beauty questions and comments related to life in Geneva, Vaud and neignbouring France in English.

Support groups and meetings for AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) following the 12-step programme, drug aid, cancer support meetings, AIDS and more. See this page for contact information.

Needing a doctor or dentist? Here is a comprehensive list of English medical terms and descriptions, and the French translation for everything from parts of the body to common sicknesses, aches and ailments to help you communicate a medical problem.

Overview of where to go and what to do if you are mobility, sight or hearing impaired - a wheelchair or cane user - and living in the Swiss cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchatel or over in France. Information on the organisations in Switzerland.

Information on the 2008 ban on smoking in public places, including schools, bars and restaurants in the canton of Geneva.

Information on who to contact and how to proceed in the event of an unwanted pregnancy in France.

Information on who to contact and how to proceed in the event of an unwanted pregnancy in Switzerland.