The 1st National Conference on Field Epidemiology, held on 29–30 June 2025 under the theme “Uniting for Resilient Health: Field Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Policy Interventions”, concluded successfully with a 7-point declaration aimed at reinforcing Nepal’s public health preparedness and response systems.
We, the participants of the First National Conference on Field Epidemiology in Nepal, hereby declare our collective commitment to the following actions;
- Institutionalize Field Epidemiology in the health system to enhance the capacity of health workforce for timely detection, investigation, and response to public health threats.
- Advocate for recognition of field epidemiology workforce at federal, provincial, and local levels as part of the essential health workforce.
- Ensure the meaningful application of field epidemiology skills in disease surveillance, outbreak response and policy interventions.
- Mobilize field epidemiology workforce for effective prevention, control and response outbreak and epidemics and inform every investigation and report in national platform.
- Foster a culture of evidence-based public health by translating surveillance data and field investigation findings into actionable policy and program decisions.
- Promote collaboration, learning, and coordination among field epidemiology workforce and stakeholders through experience and learning exchange programmes.
- Organize regular (every two years) national conferences on field epidemiology to facilitate experience sharing, continued learning, networking, and strategic dialogue among health professionals and partners.
Under the theme “Uniting for Resilient Health: Field Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Policy Interventions,” this historic conference brings together epidemiologists, public health experts, policymakers, and researchers to strengthen Nepal’s capacity to address pressing health threats.
(The 1st National Conference on Field Epidemiology)
