Farming, Health and Environment Nepal Project (FHEN) Phase III  

Jul 2021- Dec 2024

Supporting Partner: Danish Civil Society Organizations DASAM/Dialogos

Project: The third phase of the Farming, Health and Environment Nepal Project (FHEN) has been working in the Chitwan area since July 2021 following the successful completion of the first and second phase of the project. FHEN is designed to improve the health of the farmers and consumers by promoting healthy and sustainable food production in Nepal. The project intends to reach all the municipalities of Chitwan District with more focus towards unreached areas and also shifting the responsibility more to the local government and cooperative farmers’ association. Field level interventions will be targeted to the communities of 7 municipalities of Chitwan District and advocacy work would be emphasised to the district, province and federal levels of Nepal.

Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership – Nepal (GARP-Nepal) Phase II

Feb 2023- Jan 2024

Supporting Partner: The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy GARP’s current focus is generating cross-disciplinary evidence describing the impact of vaccines on AMR in country-specific contexts. As such, the GARP technical working groups will benefit from the participation of experts from various departments, including AMR and Immunization.

Objectives:

1. Initiate a conversation with experts in the AMR and Immunization fields to obtain national perspectives as to where the conversation is on the connection between AMR mitigation and Immunization strategies.

2. Create a working group to facilitate activities related to this evidence-generating and policy engagement project.

3. Generate country-level estimates on the impact of vaccines in reducing infectious disease burden and AMR.

4. Develop national-level publications bringing forth evidence on the value of vaccines to mitigate AMR and the benefit of including its reduction of AMR burden when making the economic case for vaccine introduction.

5. Convene experts and policymakers from the AMR and Immunization departments, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance, and representatives from international organisations working in the AMR and Immunization space in a roundtable and workshop to present national-level evidence on the value of vaccines as a mitigation tool for AMR.