From July 13-16, the Global Strategy Lab and the World Health Organization will deliver training to representatives from the Eastern Mediterranean Region on how to implement two practical tools to support effective National Action Plan (NAP) implementation: the Smart Choice Process (SCP) and the WHO AMR Costing and Budgeting Tool. This training is being hosted by Tunisia’s WHO Country Office in Tunis.
The training will help countries advance implementation of their AMR NAPs by strengthening capacity in the prioritization and costing of AMR interventions. These areas correspond to steps 2 and 3 of the six-step approach outlined in the “WHO Implementation Handbook for National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance.”
Developed by the AMR Policy Accelerator, the Smart Choice Process is a country-led, multisectoral approach that helps governments prioritize National Action Plan interventions in a systematic and transparent way. The process supports countries as they develop, implement, or revise their AMR NAPs by bringing together representatives across human, animal, plant, and environmental health sectors to assess potential interventions, build consensus, and identify practical priorities for action. The SCP helps countries identify high-impact, feasible, and equity-driven AMR interventions across sectors. To date, the Accelerator has worked with 9 countries to implement the SCP in a country-specific context. This training marks the first time that the SCP is being offered as a facilitator training initiative.
The Accelerator team, comprised of Julia Bishop, Kadia Petricca, and Heba Qazilbash, will train representatives from 10 countries across the region to facilitate the Smart Choice Process in their own countries. This facilitator training model is designed to strengthen local expertise, expand access to the tool, and to amplify its impact across the region.
Offering prioritization training alongside WHO’s costing tool training provides an efficient and sustainable package of support for country representatives from across the region to be able to both prioritize and cost AMR interventions in their own country contexts.
Learn more about the Smart Choice Process.
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