National HIV and STI Programme 2011–2017 (NPHS). The new NPHS will continue the work undertaken to date and take account of the latest findings: for the first time ever, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been integrated into a programme for combating HIV. The strategy is...
Editorial Didier Burkhalter. Migration & health, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, HIV/AIDS and diet & physical activity – these are the topics of the many National Programmes that are addressing the different health challenges facing us. But what the programmes all...
National Programme Alcohol 2008–2012. «Those who drink alcohol do so in such a way that it is not harmful to them or to others». This is the vision of the National Programme Alcohol 2008–2012 (NPA), which the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and the Swiss...
National Programme Tobacco 2008-2012 (NPT 2008–2012). «Smoking-related cases of death and disease in Switzerland have been reduced». This was the mandate with which the Federal Council approved the NPT 2008–2012 in 2008 and commissioned the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) to...
Anti-smoking campaign 2011–2012. The findings from the evaluation of the 2009 campaign showed clearly that the style, slogan and emblem of the campaigns to date were in need of change. It is time for a new campaign that pursues bold routes. Using humour, irony and...
Third package of drugs-related measures. The Third Federal Programme of Measures to Reduce Drug Problems (MaPaDro III) describes the starting situation and the shape of Swiss drugs policy for the 2006-2011 period. The aim of MaPoDro lll is to reduce drug- related problems...
National Programme on Diet and Physical Activity 2008–2012 (NPDPA). Sedentary activities, lack of exercise and an unbalanced diet shape the way our society lives nowadays. Such habits are contributing to the increase in «diseases of civilisation» such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer....