Quality Assessment of an Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System in a Province of Nepal.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem, and Nepal is no exception. Countries are expected to report annually to the World Health Organization on their AMR surveillance progress through a Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System, in which Nepal enrolled in 2017. We assessed the quality of AMR surveillance data during 2019-2020 at nine surveillance sites in Province 3 of Nepal for completeness, consistency, and timeliness and examined barriers for non-reporting sites. Here, we present the results of this cross-sectional descriptive study of secondary AMR data from five reporting sites and barriers identified through a structured questionnaire completed by representatives at the five reporting and four non-reporting sites. Among the 1584 records from the reporting sites

SUBMITTER: Acharya J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8167624 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature