Evaluation du projet EVITA: rapport final

Le projet EVITA (EValuation Indication, Traitement ambulatoire, Accompagnement) s'inscrit dans le Plan cantonal d'action Alcool (2007-2012), lui-même en conformité avec le Plan national Alcool (2007-2011). Ce projet est un mandat du Service de la santé publique qui a pour objectif la mise en oeuvre et l'évaluation d'un dispositif cantonal d'indication et de suivi (DCIS) constituant une porte d'entrée unique. Le DCIS est constitué d'un partenariat entre la Fondation vaudoise contre l'alcoolisme (FVA) et le Centre de traitement en alcoologie (CTA) du CHUV. C'est l'Unité d'évaluation de programmes de prévention (UEPP) de l'Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive (IUMSP) qui a été chargée par le CTA, mandant, de l'évaluation du projet EVITA et qui en a rédigé le protocole. [Introduction, p. 5]

Médecine génomique et oncologie [Genomics medicine and oncology].

Progress in genomics with, in particular, high throughput next generation sequencing is revolutionizing oncology. The impact of these techniques is seen on the one hand the identification of germline mutations that predispose to a given type of cancer, allowing for a personalized care of patients or healthy carriers and, on the other hand, the characterization of all acquired somatic mutation of the tumor cell, opening the door to personalized treatment targeting the driver oncogenes. In both cases, next generation sequencing techniques allow a global approach whereby the integrality of the genome mutations is analyzed and correlated with the clinical data. The benefits on the quality of care delivered to our patients are extremely impressive.

L'apport de CoLaus en santé publique [What CoLaus has brought to public health].

In order to fulfil their duties, Public health authorities have to rely on valid and recent data on the health status of populations. The CoLaus study helped to update our knowledge regarding the prevalence and management of the main cardiovascular risk factors in the Lausanne population. The results indicate that cardiovascular risk factor management is suboptimal and can still be improved, namely that specific population subgroups could benefit from targeted prevention measures. The CoLaus study also allowed to simulate the effect of different preventive strategies, thus enabling to choose the most (cost) effective ones, an important issue taking into account the current health budget restrictions.