Nepal WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Overview

Nepal ratified the WHO FCTC on 7 November 2006 and the Convention entered into force for Nepal on 5 February 2007. A needs assessment exercise for implementation of the WHO FCTC was conducted jointly by the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), and the Convention Secretariat from January to May 2013 including the initial analysis of the status, challenges and potential needs deriving from the country’s most recent implementation report and other sources of information. An international team led by the Convention Secretariat which also included representatives of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office, the WHO Country Office in Nepal and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted the mission in Nepal together with the representatives of the government from 14 to 22 April 2013.