Nepal's National Action Plan is available here
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- National Public Health Laboratory | Active | Human health
- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital | Active | Human health
- Patan Academy of Health Sciences | Active | Human health
- Central Veterinary Laboratory | Active | Veterinary
- Poultry Diagnostic Laboratory, Chitwan | Active | Veterinary
- Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) | Active | Food safety
- Lumbini Zonal Hospital | Active | Human health
- BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences | Active | Human health
- Koshi Zonal Hospital | Active | Human health
- Eastern Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Biratnagar | Active | Veterinary
- Western Regional Hospital | Active | Human health
- Western Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Pokhara | Active | Veterinary
- Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Janakpur | Active | Veterinary
- Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Surkhet | Active | Veterinary
- Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Dhanghadi | Active | Veterinary
AMR Governance Structure
Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of AMR
Contributing Ministries: Ministry of Health and Population; Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Livestock Development
AMR Action Plan
Nepal’s national AMR landscape is well developed. There is a situation analysis of antibiotic use and resistance (2015), a national AMR policy is in draft, and there is also a draft AMR National Antimicrobial Resistance Containment Action Plan (NAP) which was developed with the support of WHO in 2016.
Latest Activity
Since 1999, ongoing national surveillance in Nepal shows antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is rising. However, data analysis on its drivers,…
Issue 34 of the Petri Dish is now available.