The FOPH
- Current
- Organisation
- Directorates and Divisions
- Extra-parliamentary committees
- Tasks & goals
- Contact & location
- Publications
- Departmental research & evaluation
- Evaluation in the FOPH
- Monitoring in the FOPH
- Research in the FOPH
- Social media and the FOPH
Healthy living
- Health promotion & prevention
- Environment & health
- Chemicals
- Radiation, radioactivity & sound
- Electromagnetic Fields (EMF), UV, Laser and Light
- Light, lighting and screens
- Laser pointers, Events involving Laser Radiation, Lasertag
- Fact Sheets NIR
- Treatments using non-ionising radiation and sound
- General information on the certificates of competence
- Structure and content of training and exam for a certificate of competence
- Information for persons who wish to acquire a certificate of competence
- List of persons with a certificate of competence
- Information for prospective examining bodies
- Treatments, procedures and techniques subject to medical supervision and prohibited treatments
- Regulations regarding devices for cosmetic treatments using non-ionising radiation and sound
- Radioactivity in the environment
- Radon
- Dosimetry and occupational radiation exposure
- Radiation Protection Training
- Electromagnetic Fields (EMF), UV, Laser and Light
- Biosafety
- Environmental impact
- Heat
- Addiction & health
- Health in old age (dossier)
Diseases
- Diseases from A to Z
- Infectious diseases: Outbreaks, Epidemics, Pandemics
- Current outbreaks and epidemics
- Pandemic preparedness
- Flu pandemic: Hygiene in the event of a flu pandemic
- Flu pandemic: Recommendations in the event of a pandemic
- Flu pandemic: Children
- Flu pandemic: Pregnant and breastfeeding women
- Flu pandemic: Pandemic flu vaccination
- Flu pandemic: Antiviral drugs
- Flu pandemic: Surgery visits and house calls
- Flu pandemic: Care at home
- Flu pandemic: Going into hospital and visiting in hospital
- Flu pandemic: Complications and recuperation
- Flu pandemic: Swiss citizens abroad
- Combating infectious diseases
- Antibiotic resistance
- I have been prescribed antibiotics – why?
- My doctor didn't prescribe antibiotics for me – why?
- What does antibiotic resistance have to do with me?
- Antibiotic resistance and advice for travellers
- How and why does antibiotic resistance emerge?
- How is antibiotic resistance evolving?
- How does antibiotic resistance spread?
- Which are the main diseases due to bacteria?
- What is the total consumption of antibiotics?
- What resources are available to help doctors with their prescribing?
- Reporting systems for infectious diseases
- Travel and mosquitoes: how to protect yourself from illness
- Antibiotic resistance
Medicine & research
- Biomedical research and technology
- Reproductive medicine
- Research involving humans
- Research Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells
- Medicinal products & medical devices
- Simplified supply of medicinal products
- Medical devices legislation
- Security in the supply of medicines
- Medicinal products for paediatric use
- Combatting counterfeit therapeutic products
- Veterinary medicinal products
- Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products
- Therapeutic Products Act: Partial revision (2023)
- Patients' rights
Insurances
- Health insurance
- Key points in brief
- Health insurance for people resident in Switzerland
- Requirement to obtain insurance
- Tourists abroad and globetrotters
- Students abroad
- Workers in the EU/EFTA or the United Kingdom (UK)
- Recipients of an EU/EFTA/UK pension
- Posted workers in Switzerland
- Diplomats and international organisation staff
- Insured persons performing military or civilian service
- Insured persons eligible to suspend accident cover
- Premiums and co-payment
- Special types of insurance
- Premium subsidies
- Optional daily allowance insurance
- Supplementary insurance
- Health insurance card
- Requirement to obtain insurance
- Persons resident abroad
- Supervision of insurers
- Benefits and tariffs
- Description of services
- Quality development in Switzerland
- Current Revision Projects
- Accident insurance
- Military insurance
Strategy & policy
- Health2030
- International relations
- Swiss health foreign policy
- Global health issues
- Health Security
- Strengthening global patient safety
- Innovation and Global Access to Essential Medicines
- International Drug Policy
- Disease prevention and health promotion at global level
- Sustainable and high-quality healthcare
- Comparisons and Analyses of Health Systems
- Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
- Cooperation with the European Union (EU)
- Bilateral relations
- Multilateral cooperation
- National health strategies
- COVID-19 +: Endemic Strategy
- National programme (NAPS): Stop HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses and sexually transmitted infections
- Addiction
- Dementia
- Health Equity
- Activities to promote health equity
- Events on Health Equity
- Making health promotion accessible to all
- Strengthening health literacy of disadvantaged groups
- Equal opportunities in healthcare
- Healthcare professionals and managing diversity
- Community Interpreting
- Research on Health Equity
- Programme on Migration and Health 2002–2017
- NOSO Strategy: reduce Hospital and nursing home infections
- Non-communicable Diseases
- Post COVID-19 condition
- Quality strategy HIA
- Vaccination
- Political mandates & action plans
- National health policy
Health professions
- Medical professions
- Psychology professions
- Accreditation of health professions
- Submit applications for foreign qualifications in the medical and psychology professions
- Radiation Protection Training
Laws & licenses
- Legislation
- Applications & approvals
- Access to official documents
- Applications and licences for stem cell research
- Notifications and authorisations in the field of biosafety
- Applications and authorisations in the field of infectious diseases
- Exceptional licences and licences for banned narcotics
- Integrity, transparency and discounts (ITD)
Figures & statistics