Speeches and interviews

Bern – Address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the stakeholder event hosted by the DigiSanté Programme – Check against delivery.

Basel – Address by FOPH Director-General Anne Lévy on the occasion of the doctor of medicine and doctor of dental medicine award ceremony of the University of Basel Faculty of Medicine – Check against delivery.

Basel – FOPH Director-General Anne Lévy welcomes media representatives on a tour of Basel University Hospital to learn about its antimicrobial stewardship programmes ‒ part of an on-site visit in connection with World AMR Awareness Week from 18 to 24 November 2025 – Check against delivery.

Jungfraujoch – Welcome address by Anne Lévy, Director-General of the FOPH, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new radioactivity monitoring station on the Jungfraujoch – Check against delivery.

NZZ – BAG-Direktorin Anne Lévy erläutert im Gespräch mit der NZZ, was der Bund mit der Revision des Epidemiengesetzes bezweckt, damit etwa genug medizinische Güter beschafft und neue Antibiotika entwickelt werden können.

Soziale Sicherheit CHSS – Anne Lévy is convinced that the healthcare of the future will be much more digital than it is today. In this interview, she explains the key aspects of the programme to promote digital transformation in healthcare (in German and French).

Schweizer Monat – Anne Lévy comments in a guest piece in the magazine Schweizer Monat on the coronavirus pandemic and the insights and lessons that the federal government has drawn from it: “Health is important, but so is feeling safe” (in German).

Zurich – Address given by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director-General, at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Swiss Aids Federation – Check against delivery.

Le Temps (Print) – BAG Direktorin Anne Lévy im Gespräch mit «Le Temps» (in French).

Welcome address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director at the 3rd National Round Table on ‘Cocaine/Opioids’ at the FOPH – Check against delivery

Bern – Welcoming address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the opening of the Swiss Nursing Conference 2025 – Check against delivery.

Welcome address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director-General, at the DigiSanté information event in Bern – Check against delivery.

Die Schweiz hat bei der Bekämpfung von Antibiotikaresistenzen schon viel erreicht, es braucht aber weitere Anstrengungen. Das zeigt der neue Bericht zum Thema. Anne Lévy hat sich im “Tagesgespräch” von Radio SRF zu den Gründen – und Vorkehrungen dazu geäussert (in German).

Opening address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the “Journées romandes addiction” on 14 and 15 November, Morges – Check against delivery.

FOPH Director-General Anne Lévy in interview with business magazine «Ticino Management» (in Italian).

Referat von Anne Lévy, Direktorin BAG, anlässlich der “8th Public Health Palliative Care International Conference”, in Bern – Es gilt das gesprochene Wort.

In an exclusive conversation with “PharmaBoardroom”, FOPH Director Anne Lévy discusses the key challenges facing the Swiss healthcare system today and highlights potential solutions as well as important fields of action.

NZZ – Anne Lévy betont die Bedeutung des One-Health-Ansatzes im Kampf gegen resistente Erreger. “Das Problem betrifft Mensch, Tier und Umwelt gleichermassen. Deshalb braucht es verbindliche Massnahmen und innovative Ansätze in all diesen Bereichen – diese fasst der neue Aktionsplan zusammen.”

Closing remarks by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the second national roundtable on crack, Liebefeld – Check against delivery.

Opening address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the cantonal conference on addiction, Sion – Check against delivery.

Introductory remarks by Anne Lévy, Director of the FOPH, at the FOPH press conference on the new LOVE LIFE campaign to protect against sexually transmitted infections – check against delivery.

Interlaken – Referat von Anne Lévy, Direktorin BAG, anlässlich der Health Insurance Days 2024 – Es gilt das gesprochene Wort.

Aargauer Zeitung (Print) – Die BAG-Chefin, Anne Levy, lanciert eine neue Initiative für eine “angemessene Versorgung”. Was das für die Patientinnen bedeutet, wieso sie das elektronische Patientendossier nicht missen will und was sie von den Plänen ihrer neuen Chefin hält, erzählt sie im Interview (in English).

Address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the ‘Trendtage Gesundheit’ conference ‘Forever Young – Facts and myths. Opportunities and challenges’ in Lucerne – Check against delivery.

Grenzach – Keynote speech by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the internal annual kick-off meeting of Roche Pharma Schweiz – Check against delivery.

Liebefeld – Welcome address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director at the closing event of the stakeholder group on “Implementing the supply report”, FOPH Campus – Check against delivery.

Explanatory remarks by Anne Lévy, Director FOPH, on the occasion of the joint press conference of the FSO and the FOPH on the Federal Council dispatch on the credit commitment for the Digisanté Programme, Bern – Check against delivery.

Explanatory remarks by Anne Lévy, Director FOPH, on the occasion of the joint press conference of the Federal Statistical Office and the Federal Office of Public Health on the results of the Swiss Health Interview Survey 2022, Bern – Check against delivery.

Explanatory remarks by Anne Lévy, Director FOPH, at the media conference on health insurance premiums for 2024, Bern – Check against delivery.

Speech by Anne Lévy, Director FOPH at the side event hosted by Women in Global Health and Switzerland at the 78th UN General Assembly, Swiss Mission, New York – Check against delivery.

Opening address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the 10th MedEd Symposium of the Swiss Institute for Post-graduate and Continuing Medical Education (SIWF), at Bern Casino – Check against delivery.

Opening address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the Stakeholder Event on the DigiSanté Programme, the programme to promote digital transformation in the health sector, Bern – Check against delivery.

Anne Lévy äussert sich zu dieser stillen Pandemie und erläutert im Blick-Interview, was die Schweiz gegen Bakterien unternimmt, die gegen Antibiotika resistent sind (in German).

Anne Lévy erklärt im Interview mit infosantésuisse, wie der Bund die steigenden Gesundheitskosten bekämpfen möchte und wie wichtig Massnahmen zur Qualitätssteigerung sowie die Digitalisierung dabei sind (in German and French).

Opening address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the Stakeholder Workshop on the One Health Action Plan 2024-27 under the Strategy on Antibiotic Resistance (StAR), BAG Campus Liebefeld – Check against delivery.

Blick – Im Interview äussert sich Anne Lévy zur kommenden Abstimmung zum Covid Gesetz sowie zu den Fortschritten, die seit der Pandemie in der Digitalisierung gemacht wurden. Als Beispiel nennt sie den Aufbau digitaler Frühwarnsysteme für ansteckende Krankheiten wie beispielsweise Grippe, RSV oder Zecken-Infektionen (in German).

Opening address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the 2nd National Conference on Nursing Care in Bern, 20 and 21 April 2023 – Check against delivery.

NZZ – Seit Corona steht das Bundesamt für Gesundheit in der Kritik. Doch nun soll alles besser werden, wie die Chefin Anne Lévy verspricht. Auf die nächste Pandemie werde man vorbereitet sein (in German).

Address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at Trendtage Gesundheit “Psycho + Somatik – Wechselwirkung im Fokus”, in Luzern, 22 March 2023 – Check against delivery.

Opening address by Anne Lévy, FOPH Director, at the 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety, in Montreux, 23 February 2023 - Check against delivery.