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164,689,000 Population - 2026
Neighbouring Countries
SE
11 - 13 November 2025
NP
27 - 29 November 2025
NP
03 - 04 November 2019
SE
13 - 15 December 2022
IHR Designated PoE
Ground Crossing
1
Port
1
Airport
1
No Data!
Completed
2023
AMR Self Assessment
No Data!
MPC
Multisectoral Preparedness Coordination
No Data!
Joint Risk Assessment (JRA)
Universal Health Coverage
Sustainable Development Goals
Development assistance and vaccine coverage
SDG Target 3.b
SDG Target 3.b
Health workforce (Medical doctors per 10000 population)
SDG Target 3.c
SDG Target 3.c
Sanitation and hygiene Total Population using at least basic sanitation services (%)
SDG Target 6.2
SDG Target 6.2
Others
Conducted
2025
NAPHS
Published Plans in or before 2009
Influenza Plan
E - National AMR action plan has funding sources identified, is being implemented, and has relevant sectors involved with a defined monitoring and evaluation process in place.
AMR PLAN
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) -
PIP Framework -
Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) -
Santé publique France -
Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) -
Thailand, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) -
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) -
Resolve to Save Lives -
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) -
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) -
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) -
Republic of Korea -
Australia -
Japan -
Fleming Fund -
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) -
China
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The objective of the Project is to support the GoB to prevent, detect, and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and to strengthen its national systems for public health preparedness in Bangladesh.
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To establish and strengthen influenza surveillance systems, knowledge and capacities for a timely and appropriate response to pandemic influenza
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To address the challenges in Risk Communication identified during the COVID-19 pandemic;
To develop recommendations from the best Risk Communication practices and lessons learnt; and
To identify the areas of inter-national/inter-sectoral collaboration to improve Risk Communication for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as well as other EIDs in the future -
To identify difficulties to inform diverse population about PHE To discuss possible solutions to include migrants and ethnic minorities in ERC To develop recommendations on actions needed to inform migrants and ethnic minorities about PHE
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To identify difficulties to inform diverse population about PHE To discuss possible solutions to include migrants and ethnic minorities in ERC To develop recommendations on actions needed to inform migrants and ethnic minorities about PHE
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To identify the challenges for national authorities in informing diverse audiences beyond their country’s borders during PHEs; To develop recommendations on good practice in communicating to global audiences during PHEs; and To build an “economic case”, which can be used to convince other sectors such as Ministries of Finance regarding the importance of investing in PHE preparedness and response capacities, including risk communication
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To identify the challenges for national authorities in informing diverse audiences beyond their country’s borders during PHEs; To develop recommendations on good practice in communicating to global audiences during PHEs; and To build an “economic case”, which can be used to convince other sectors such as Ministries of Finance regarding the importance of investing in PHE preparedness and response capacities, including risk communication
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To identify the challenges for national authorities in informing diverse audiences beyond their country’s borders during PHEs; To develop recommendations on good practice in communicating to global audiences during PHEs; and To build an “economic case”, which can be used to convince other sectors such as Ministries of Finance regarding the importance of investing in PHE preparedness and response capacities, including risk communication
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High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC): UHC as a Tool to Combat Infectious Diseases (30 – 31 May 2018, Tokyo, Japan) ASEF Public Health Network and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan are co-hosting a multi-country. The overall aim of this High-level Meeting is to facilitate agreement between governments and other stakeholders on practical actions to ensure access to effective treatment of infectious diseases, while reducing the risk of the emergence of AMR. The specific objectives are: To bring together officials with responsibilities for AMR and UHC and other stakeholders to explore the challenges they face in both ensuring access to antibiotic treatment, when needed, and reducing the risk of AMR; To identify practical strategies for integrating a concern for AMR into strategies for making progress towards UHC and for taking UHC strategies into account in national action plans for addressing AMR To agree on priorities for international cooperation between Asia and Europe to support an equitable and sustainable approach for addressing the challenge of infectious diseases.
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To analyse and understand the various plans used for risk communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage: Asia and Europe
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Knowledge Co-Creation program (Online Training) designed for health personnel to formulate an effective and feasible health service plan for solving their issues on prevention of infectious diseases feasible health service plan for solving their issues on prevention of infectious diseases
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To identify difficulties to inform diverse population about PHE To discuss possible solutions to include migrants and ethnic minorities in ERC To develop recommendations on actions needed to inform migrants and ethnic minorities about PHE
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To identify difficulties to inform diverse population about PHE To discuss possible solutions to include migrants and ethnic minorities in ERC To develop recommendations on actions needed to inform migrants and ethnic minorities about PHE
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To identify the challenges for national authorities in informing diverse audiences beyond their country’s borders during PHEs; To develop recommendations on good practice in communicating to global audiences during PHEs; and To build an “economic case”, which can be used to convince other sectors such as Ministries of Finance regarding the importance of investing in PHE preparedness and response capacities, including risk communication
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To identify the challenges for national authorities in informing diverse audiences beyond their country’s borders during PHEs; To develop recommendations on good practice in communicating to global audiences during PHEs; and To build an “economic case”, which can be used to convince other sectors such as Ministries of Finance regarding the importance of investing in PHE preparedness and response capacities, including risk communication
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To identify the challenges for national authorities in informing diverse audiences beyond their country’s borders during PHEs; To develop recommendations on good practice in communicating to global audiences during PHEs; and To build an “economic case”, which can be used to convince other sectors such as Ministries of Finance regarding the importance of investing in PHE preparedness and response capacities, including risk communication
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To provide technical assistance on primary care innovations and determine the impact of the COVID pandemic on chronic disease outcomes
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To accelerate the detection and reporting of all COVID-19 deaths and jump-start improvements in mortality data globally.
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To analyse and understand the various plans used for risk communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coverage: Asia and Europe
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Preventing the emergence and spread of antimicrobial drug resistant organisms and emerging zoonotic diseases and strengthening international regulatory frameworks governing food safety.
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Preventing the emergence and spread of antimicrobial drug resistant organisms and emerging zoonotic diseases and strengthening international regulatory frameworks governing food safety.
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Promoting national biosafety and biosecurity systems.
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Reducing the number and magnitude of infectious disease outbreaks.
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Developing and deploying novel diagnostics and strengthen laboratory systems.
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Strengthening the global norm of rapid, transparent reporting and sample sharing in the event of health emergencies of international concern.
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Launching, strengthening and linking global networks for real-time biosurveillance.
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Developing an interconnected global network of EOCs and multi-sectoral response to biological incidents: Promote establishment of public health EM programs, including EOCs; trained, functioning, multi-sectoral rapid response teams, with access to a real-time information system; and capacity to attribute the source of an outbreak.
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Training and deploying an effective biosurveillance workforce.
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Developing an interconnected global network of EOCs and multi-sectoral response to biological incidents.
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Improving global access to medical and non- medical countermeasures during health emergencies.
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Detection & respond to infectious disease outbreaks – ECV training, pandemic/epidemic contingency plans & response to outbreaks at request of government
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Risk based comprehensive, longitudinal surveillance for important EIDs, including zoonotic influenza, in selected high risk areas aimed at improved understanding of disease emergence and spread.
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Capacity building of national laboratories in implementing standardized and harmonized AMR surveillance methods in food animals in South-East Asia
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High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC): UHC as a Tool to Combat Infectious Diseases (30 – 31 May 2018, Tokyo, Japan) The overall aim of this High-level Meeting is to facilitate agreement between governments and other stakeholders on practical actions to ensure access to effective treatment of infectious diseases, while reducing the risk of the emergence of AMR. The specific objectives are: To bring together officials with responsibilities for AMR and UHC and other stakeholders to explore the challenges they face in both ensuring access to antibiotic treatment, when needed, and reducing the risk of AMR; To identify practical strategies for integrating a concern for AMR into strategies for making progress towards UHC and for taking UHC strategies into account in national action plans for addressing AMR To agree on priorities for international cooperation between Asia and Europe to support an equitable and sustainable approach for addressing the challenge of infectious diseases.
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Improvement of animal health situation in the AFEO region
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Strengthening capabilities to develop and implement OIE international animal health and welfare standards
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Improvement of Animal Health in Asia and the Pacific Region
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Aligning activities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the global level
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Aligning activities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the global level
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Aligning activities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the global level
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Aligning activities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the global level
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Aligning activities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the global level
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PVS Pathways Project
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Contribution received by the OIE in July 2015
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Contribution received by the OIE in July 2015
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Grant Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the OIE
Partner Matching
- National Legislation, Policy and Financing
- IHR Coordination, Communication and Advocacy
- Food Safety
- Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Zoonotic Disease
- Real-Time Surveillance
- National Laboratory System
- Reporting
- Workforce Development
- Preparedness
- Emergency Response Operations
- Linking Public Health and Security Authorities
- Medical Countermeasures
- Risk Communication
- Chemical Events
- Radiation Emergencies
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID)
- AFENET
- Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
- African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM)
- Argentina, National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA)
- Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
- Australia
- Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
- Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
- BDC
- Better Health Moves Humanity Forward (PATH)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
- Brazil, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply (MAPA)
- Coalition for Epidemics Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
- Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Ending Pandemics
- EpiAFRIC
- EPPR
- European Union
- FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)
- Fleming Fund
- French Embassy
- Fundación Maris Llorens
- Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI)
- International Federation of Biosafety Associations (IFBA)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
- Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS)
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
- PIP Framework
- Resolve to Save Lives
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- The Service for the National Health for Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA)
- U.K, Department for International Development (DFID)
- U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
- U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ)
- U.S. Department of State (DoS)
- U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC)
- World Bank
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
AMR support activities
- Microbiological Expertise
- Laboratory Quality Management
- Antibiotic use, Stewardship, Clinical Guideline Development
- Infection Prevention
- Environmental Health
- National Action Plan/Policy
- Technical Support
- Capacity Building
- Knowledge Exchange
- Research
- Strategic/Policy Support
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
National Veterinary Institute
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention