Report on Emergency Care System Assessment and Consensus-based Action Priorities: Nepal

The Ministry of Health and Population, Health Emergency and Disaster Management Unit Health Emergency Operation Center Kathmandu has published a new report on Emergency Care System Assessment and Consensus-based Action Priorities: Nepal.

This report presented the findings of assessment of the emergency care system of Nepal. The assessment has identified priority strategic areas for actions to strengthen the emergency care systems and services in Nepal. Based on the WHO ECSA tool, the five domains of the emergency care systems were assessed:

• System Organization
• Governance and Finance
• Emergency Care Data and Quality Improvement
• Scene Care, Transport and Transfer
• Facility-Based Care and Emergency Preparedness and Security.

The detailed key issues and action priorities (thirty-nine action priorities) have been identified to strengthen Nepal’s emergency care have been identified. A consensus from wide range of stakeholder including service providers, facility managers, program managers, academicians or policy makers was conduced to identify the key action points.