FOPH NASURE launches digital surveillance platform for communicable diseases in Switzerland; CHF 45.3m committed, phase 1 2026–2028.

FOPH: Launch of NASURE digital surveillance platform for communicable diseases

The Swiss Federal Council approved the first implementation phases (2026–2034) of the NASURE project (“National Surveillance and Response”), releasing CHF 45.3 million of the total CHF 50.3 million commitment credit. NASURE is a core project under the DigiSanté programme, alongside the Swiss Health Data Space (Swiss HDS) and the Microdatacenter.

NASURE will establish a national digital platform consolidating epidemiological data from hospitals, medical practices, and laboratories across Switzerland. Applying the once-only principle, data will be transmitted to the FOPH, which will analyse and distribute it to cantons, federal authorities, and other healthcare actors. The project responds to gaps identified during the Covid-19 pandemic, where fragmented, manually processed reporting systems strained authorities’ capacity. A first phase running to end-2028 will build the platform’s core functionalities, including modules for mandatory reporting and the modernisation of existing systems such as the Sentinella network. A second phase to end-2034 will integrate additional data sources, including wastewater monitoring. The Federal Office for Civil Protection considers a pandemic the single greatest risk to Swiss society and the economy, making the platform a priority investment.

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