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Revision EpidA: Regulatory Impact Assessment - Part 1

  • Funded by Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
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Grant number: 51644

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2022

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $130,620.49

  • Funder

    Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)

  • Principal Investigator

    Wäfler Karin

  • Research Location

    Switzerland

  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Policy research and interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

On June 19, 2020, the Federal Council instructed the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) to initiate a partial revision of the Epidemics Act (EpG). The Act is intended to enable the federal government and the cantons to work closely together to protect public health from future threats posed by communicable diseases and to take the necessary preventative measures in a timely manner. The revised Act addresses the lessons learned from the implementation of the EpG prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the lessons learned from managing COVID-19, and also new developments, for example, regarding digitalization. A regulatory impact assessment (RIA) is a tool for examining and presenting the economic effects of federal proposals. This RIA examines the impact of the revised EpG.