Second multisectoral National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2022-2025.

In 2015, the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP) was endorsed by the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in 2015.The GAP included 5 strategic objectives offering a framework for national action plans to combat and contain AMR in the subsequent period of 10 years. The WHO/FAO/OIE tripartite survey of stakeholders involved in the assessment of the NAP indicated that the developing and implementation strategies should be focused on One-health approach and include all stakeholders in the human, animal as well as food sectors. These objectives can be attained through the implementation of clearly identified actions by Member States, therefore, it is expected that countries will develop their own national action plans on antimicrobial resistance in line with the global plan.
These objectives can be attained through the implementation of clearly identified actions by Member States. The document hereby attached contains the Second NAP on antimicrobial resistance in line with the global plan, adopted by Mongolia. The NAP is approved by Joint Order of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Food and Agriculture. The Medicine and Medical Devices Regulatory Agency is requested to ensure implementation of the national action plan and establish multi-sectoral national committee to monitor, discuss implementation results every half year and inform to Government ministries. Further, the State Secretary of Ministry of Health and State Secretary of Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry shall monitor implementation of the multi-sectorial national action on AMR.
This Multi-sectoral national action plan aims to prevent and tackle antimicrobial resistance through improving surveillance in human and animal health sectors, controlling the consumption, strengthening infection prevention control, and increasing knowledge and attitude of public, human and animal health professionals to optimize use of antimicrobials. The following Strategic objectives are outlined: a) strengthen the governance mechanism to prevent from AMR, establish a multi-sectoral coordination committee which will develop and monitor annual action plan and its implementation; b) improve the detection and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, strengthen capacity to collate, analyze and inform data on antimicrobial resistance at national level; c) strengthen responsible use of antimicrobials by controlling antimicrobial consumption, reducing irrational use of antimicrobials, and implementing effective stewardship programs; d) improve infection prevention and control, undertake preventive measures from environmental contamination, stop the spread of infection; e) raise awareness of antimicrobials among community, professionals, incorporate the training modules in high school curricula, improve knowledge and practice to prevent and reduce antimicrobial resistance.