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houseofcommons.ch is a MediaWiki on the collective creation of health knowledge and technologies (health and healing commons), and collective lawmaking (democratic constitutionalism). It is curated by Fabio Balli. Every individual can create an account to enhance and add contents.

Resources to start

Presentations

• Health technology and medical innovation: why open-source is vital [presentation]
• Respiratory health: 15 projects communities can adapt, repair, reproduce for low cost medical care [presentation] also available as video

Policy brief

• Global crises, democratic solutions—within days

Other resources

• Critical readings on medicine and health
• Health Commons organizations

Activities 2022

• 02: Atelier philo Solutionnisme technologique – Aura
• 03: Healing and law making: re-creating narratives – IASC
• 03: Collective law-making? – Open Legal Lab
• 05: Festival 'prendre soin ensemble' (Open Village) – Geneva Health Forum

Activities 2021

• 02: Software and Hardware Freedom in Health Public Policy – FOSDEM
• 04: Journée innovation en santé – Cité des sciences
• 04: From discipline(s) to cooperation – Open Education Day
• 07: Health tech and medical innovation: why open-source is vital – Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative
• 08: Envisioning the future of public health – SPH conference
• 10: Respiratory Health Commons – WHO-GARD
• 11: Co-creating Health – GDHub
• 12: The Great Renaissance: healing commons – IASC conference
• 12: Health Democracy – GDHub

Activities 2020

• 04: Meta-hackathon : less projects, more impact! – VersusVirus
• 04: Civil society team – European Union vs Virus
• 11: Open Village – Geneva Health Forum

Other contents

• Engage Game Nights – workshops at Concordia University
• Science des données au service du bien commun – case study at University of Geneva