Rally held to commemorate World AMR Awareness Week

21 November 2023
Departmental update
Nepal

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Kathmandu, Bagmati Province - With the theme - Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Together - senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Population, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Ministry of Forests and Environment; and representatives from WHO, FAO, and AMR-related partners, participated in a morning rally to raise awareness on World AMR Awareness Week. Jointly organized by these three ministries, with support from WHO and FAO, the rally emphasized the need to adopt multi-sectoral collaboration through a One Health approach to encourage responsible use of antimicrobials in human, veterinary, and agriculture to prevent and control the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. The National Antimicrobial Treatment Guideline 2023 was also launched at the event.