Summary
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is well recognized as a silent pandemic posing a threat to human health, terrestrial and aquatic animal health, plant health, food production, food safety, environmental safety and global developmental goals.
After adoption of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR) with five key strategic objectives and in 2015, many countries of the world developed and implemented National Action Plans for combating AMR with a One Health approach.
Sri Lanka has developed and implemented the country’s first National Strategic Plan for combating AMR in 2017 (NSP 2017-2022) aligned with the strategic objectives of the GAP-AMR. Country AMR response has been organized and implemented by the national AMR focal point with focal points from human health, terrestrial and aquatic animal health and production, plant health and production, food safety and environment sectors. A National Advisory Committee (NAC-AMR) and a National Action Plan Implementation Strengthening Team (NAPIST) have been appointed with representatives from the above sectors.
The end-term evaluation of the progress in implementation of NSP 2017-2022 was conducted by a team of Sri Lankan consultant microbiologists with the support of coordinators representing One Health sectors (human health, terrestrial and aquatic animal health and production, plant health and production, food safety and environment). This activity was conducted from April-June 2023 with the support of WHO. The same team of consultants and sector coordinators continued to work to develop the revised and updated National Strategic
Plan 2023- 2028 and the National Action Plan for combating antimicrobial resistance in Sri Lanka for the next five-year period from 2023 to 2028 (NAP-AMR 2023-2028). This plan includes the indicators for Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E) framework for the implementation of NAP with selected outcome indicators to monitor the impact.
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