GTA

Trained 2,570+ health professionals through AMS programs in 20+ hospitals, including 29 physicians and 15 nurses, also conducted feasibility study in 4 hospitals, implemented AMS programs in 4 hospitals (general) and 3 hospitals (burn & wound care), and developed national antibiotic treatment guidelines, and conducted AMR surveillance in 2 hospitals, with nationwide AMR surveillance across human, animal, environment and food sectors.

In 2021, GTA conducted a two-day AMS workshop for 10 physicians from 5 hospitals, provided web-based AMS and IPC training to 19 physicians and 15 nurses from 9 hospitals and 2 PHCCs across Province 1, Bagmati, and Sudurpashchim, and delivered AMS training to 145 health workers from all seven provinces. Additionally, 151 community pharmacists in Kathmandu Valley and 129 nurses and midwives from hospitals, PHCCs, health posts, and professional associations were also trained. Previous milestones include a feasibility study of the WHO AMS toolkit in 4 hospitals in 2019,GTA implemented AMS programs in 4 government and non- government hospitals in Kathmandu, and between 2017 and 2018, it introduced a specialized AMS program for burn and wound care patients in 3 hospitals in Kathmandu and Pokhara.

GTA also played a key role in developing national antibiotic treatment guidelines in 2016, with an update in 2019.A significant milestone was the launch of an online course on AMR Stewardship and Infection Prevention Control (IPC) through the GLAMR web platform. The course attracted 120 healthcare professionals from across Nepal. In addition, the GTA Foundation organized the PhASE Program training for community pharmacy owners and managers in September 2021. Furthermore, between August and September 2021, GTA Foundation conducted Training for Nurses and Midwives in AMR Stewardship at Hotel Greenwich Village. The training sessions, which included a Training of Trainers (ToT) component, aimed to enhance the capacity of healthcare professionals to implement best practices in AMR and infection control.