Swiss federal department covering health and social-policy institutions; cantonal authorities retain significant healthcare responsibilities.
Health Governance Explorer, Pilot country
How health governance works in Switzerland
Federal public health, independent therapeutics oversight and food safety
The central object is FDHA rather than FOPH so Swissmedic is displayed as a separate affiliated institution. Cantonal health authorities and hospitals are beyond the present federal scope.
Explore the institutions
Government health structure
Open an organization profile from the chart. Relationship labels and evidence links show how institutions connect.Same level = institutions connected to the central authorityLower level = institution connected through another agency
Verified institutional connections are shown in a horizontal hierarchy. Organizations sharing a row need not have identical legal status; read each relationship label.
Central health authority
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
Federal public health
- Federal Office of Public Health →
Federal office within FDHA responsible for national public-health policy and communicable-disease oversight.
- Communicable Diseases Division, FOPH →
Division of FOPH coordinating infectious-disease monitoring, prevention and outbreak preparedness.
Therapeutic products
- Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products →
Swissmedic is an institution affiliated to FDHA and does not report to the Federal Office of Public Health.
Food and veterinary health
- Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office →
FDHA federal office for food safety, animal welfare and veterinary matters.
- Communicable Diseases Division, FOPH — Internal federal public-health division
- Federal Department of Home Affairs, Switzerland — Federal government department
- Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office — Federal food safety authority
- Federal Office of Public Health — Government public-health federal office
- Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products — Affiliated independent medicines regulator
Evidence and scope
This independent directory summarizes public institutional relationships from official sources. It is not an official government service or a complete map of health providers, hospitals, or regional authorities. Relationships were checked on 24 October 2026.