Despite the network’s support, the motion by Councilor of States Damian Müller (24.4057), which called for the inclusion of sleep disorders as part of the national NCD strategy, was rejected. However, we welcome the Federal Council’s willingness to include the topic of sleep in the NCD successor strategy valid from 2029. Given the high health, social, and economic relevance of sleep disorders, we will advocate for the inclusion of this topic in the NCD Strategy 2029ff in the coming months.

The next networking event of Netzwerk Schlaf will take place on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, from 1:00 PM – approx. 5:30 PM. Take the opportunity for professional exchange and personal networking. Detailed information and the possibility for official registration will follow.

The Innsbruck Sleep Summit 2026 brings together international experts to explore current developments in sleep medicine from an interdisciplinary perspective. Keynotes by Claudio Bassetti, Diego Golombek, and Carlos Schenck provide insights into neurology, chronobiology, and REM sleep research. The focus is on interdisciplinary exchange and new impulses for the future of sleep medicine.

On behalf of Health Promotion Switzerland, Beobachter Verlag, in collaboration with the Sleep Network, has developed a sleep-themed chatbot that can be tested in the coming months. All content underpinning the Sleep Chatbot was provided or reviewed by experts from the Sleep Network. The Sleep Chatbot is available to everyone free of charge and without login or registration.

The German Sleep Foundation’s “German Sleep Award” is presented every two years to recognize outstanding achievements in sleep health, sleep research, and education. The award recognizes dedicated individuals, innovative projects, and employer initiatives that contribute to healthy sleep. The next award ceremony will take place on Friday, March 20, 2026, in Berlin.

The study shows that an AI model can predict the risk of more than 130 diseases based on just one night of sleep data, including dementia, heart attack, and stroke. The basis is extensive measurements of various body signals such as brain activity, breathing, and heart rhythm. The results underscore how closely sleep and health are linked and the potential of systematically analyzing sleep data.

Medical treatments, reduced performance, illness-related absences, long-term inability to work: poor sleep among the Swiss population is costing our healthcare system and our economy dearly. A recent study puts a figure on the direct and indirect costs of sleep disorders.

Björn Rasch (Chairman of Netzwerk Schlaf) discusses in an interview how stress, rumination, and everyday habits affect our sleep. He explains why good sleep is not purely a matter of willpower, dispels common sleep myths, and uses scientific findings to show which strategies and routines really help to sleep better in the long term.