Nationaler Pandemieplan

Objectives

Provide a pandemic-specific strategic extension to the Confederation’s and cantons’ crisis-management arrangements, aligned with the World Health Organization International Health Regulations and Switzerland’s Epidemics Act.[1]The framework aims to minimise the health, social and economic effects of a pandemic, preserve or restore the functioning of society and support a return to normality.[2][3]

• Strengthen preparedness through strategic planning across surveillance, infection control, healthcare provision, vaccination, communication, supply security, resources and management of wider pandemic impacts.[1]
• Promote equal opportunities in pandemic preparedness and response.[2][3]
• Apply proportionate measures and assess their consequences when responding to pandemic risks.[2][3]
• Protect the continuity and functionality of essential societal systems while addressing the direct and indirect effects of infectious disease emergencies.[2][3]
• Integrate health protection with consideration of legal, epidemiological, ethical and One Health foundations.[2]

Implementation

Implement preparedness and response through coordinated national and cantonal pandemic plans, building on the Confederation’s and cantons’ legal and organisational foundations for crisis management.[1]The delivery approach combines prevention, detection, containment, healthcare delivery, vaccination, supply management, communication, resource planning and impact management.[2]

• Coordinate responsibilities between the Confederation and cantons through complementary national and cantonal planning arrangements.[1]
• Develop surveillance systems for early detection, laboratory diagnostics, pathogen surveillance and maintenance of a shared situation picture.[2]
• Manage cases, contacts and outbreaks, including the use of non-pharmaceutical measures, cross-border measures and veterinary measures where relevant.[2]
• Deliver healthcare and vaccination measures, including vaccination quality monitoring and pharmacovigilance.[2]
• Secure supplies through procurement, stock allocation, distribution and delivery of medicines, therapies, protective equipment and disinfection resources.[2]
• Plan personnel, healthcare capacity, financing and cost coverage as core resource requirements for pandemic preparedness and response.[2]
• Use communication, digital data flows and continuity planning for basic services to support coordinated operational delivery.[2]
• Consider global context and wider health, social and economic impacts when selecting and reviewing interventions.[2]
• Monitor disease and pathogen surveillance, early detection, response measures, vaccination quality, supply processes and procurement processes.[2]
• Assess the proportionality and consequences of interventions, including their health, social and economic effects.[2]

The framework identifies relevant operational domains and planning mechanisms but does not specify quantitative performance indicators, reporting schedules, evaluation methods, named accountability arrangements, public reporting requirements, budgets, monetary allocations or funding sources.[2]

Monitoring & Evaluation

The framework provides for monitoring across core pandemic preparedness and response functions, including disease and pathogen surveillance, early detection, situational awareness, intervention measures, vaccination quality and safety monitoring, and supply and procurement processes.[2]It also calls for assessment of health, social and economic effects and for consideration of the proportionality and consequences of interventions.[2]

• Monitor disease surveillance, pathogen surveillance and early detection to support an up-to-date situation picture.[2]
• Review infection-control measures, case and contact management, outbreak management, non-pharmaceutical measures and cross-border measures as part of pandemic response.[2]
• Monitor vaccination quality and pharmacovigilance, alongside vaccine delivery, procurement, stock allocation, distribution and administration.[2]
• Assess the health, social and economic impacts of a pandemic and of response measures, consistent with the aim of minimising impacts, maintaining functionality and supporting a return to normality.[2][3]
• Consider proportionality and consequences when selecting and reviewing interventions.[2][3]

National and cantonal pandemic plans provide the principal planning structure for coordinating preparedness and response between the Confederation and the cantons, within legal and organisational crisis-management arrangements.[1]However, the available content does not specify quantitative indicators, baselines, targets, reporting schedules, evaluation methodologies, audit processes, named accountability bodies, escalation thresholds or public-reporting requirements.[2]

Costing & Financing

The framework identifies financing and resource planning as essential components of pandemic preparedness and response, covering personnel, healthcare capacity, medicines and therapies, protective equipment, disinfectants, procurement and the coverage of costs.[2]Resource planning sits alongside supply security and operational arrangements for procurement, stock allocation, distribution and delivery.[2]

• Plan financing and cost coverage as part of pandemic preparedness arrangements.[2]
• Secure personnel and healthcare resources needed for pandemic response.[2]
• Provide medicines, therapies, protective equipment and disinfectants through supply-security and procurement arrangements.[2]
• Manage procurement, allocate available stocks and organise distribution and delivery of relevant supplies.[2]
• Consider wider social and economic impacts when assessing pandemic consequences and response measures.[2]

No budget totals, monetary allocations, programme costs, financing sources, funding gaps, cost-sharing arrangements, economic assumptions or time-bound resource commitments are specified in the available content.[2]