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             Over
                      7,000 dengue cases and six deaths reported across
                      75 districts (nn 03/11/2025) 
            Three
                      dead, three test positive for cholera in Saptari :
                      Two children and an elderly have died in
                      Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality over the past ten
                      days (kp 03/11/2025) 
                   
            Dengue
                      persists despite cooler temperatures : Health
                      Ministry data show 144 people tested positive for
                      the dengue virus in the last one week (kp
                    30/10/2025) 
                   
            Eighteen people
                      infected with dengue in Baitadi (kh
                    29/10/2025) 
                   
            144 new dengue
                      cases reported across Nepal in the past week
                    (kh 27/10/2025) 
                   
            Kala-azar
                      detected in 4 villages of Sudurpashchim 
                    (nn 26/10/2025) 
                   
            Scrub
                      typhus cases surge in Nawalpur after monsoon
                    (nn 21/10/2025) 
                   
            Scrub
                      typhus infection confirmed in 246 individuals in
                      Chitwan (rep 20/10/2025) 
                   
            One
                      hundred individualsdiagnosed with tuberculosis in
                      Okhaldhunga (rn 17/10/2025) 
                   
            Dengue
                      has killed 4 and infected 5,874 since January :
                      Officials say risk is not over yet, as post
                      monsoon is a peak dengue season (kp
                    13/10/2025) 
                   
            Cholera
                      outbreak in Birgunj stabilises : Vaccination drive
                      planned as risk of new infections persists (kp
                    10/10/2025) 
                   
            JE
                      is surging and killing people, but Nepal has no
                      vaccine : 31 people have died in various districts
                      over the past four months (kp 09/10/2025), Japanese
                      Encephalitis claims 35 percent of patients’ lives
                      in Chitwan (rep 10/10/2025) 
                   
            6
                      people die from Japanese encephalitis in Chitwan
                    (nn 08/10/2025) 
                   
            Shapu
                      cases rising in Taplejung; Experts advise staying
                      away from White Moths : It is an eye infection
                      that can lead to loss of vision if untreated
                    (rep 03/10/2025) 
                   
            KMC
                      urges residents to stay alert against dengue :
                      City intensifies larva-control drives as
                      transmission remains high during rainy season
                    (kp 02/10/2025) 
                   
            Dengue infections
                      exceed 5,000 in 75 districts (kh 30/09/2025) 
            Kathmandu’s
                      indoor scrub typhus outbreak : The Valley is
                      currently facing one of its largest scrub typhus
                      outbreaks (kp 30/09/2025) 
                   
            Nepal
                      reports a dozen indigenous malaria cases since
                      January : Experts warn imported cases could rise
                      as thousands of migrant workers return from India
                      for Dashain and Tihar (kp 30/09/2025) 
                   
            Cholera
                      cases jump in Parsa district : Health authorities
                      have sought more manpower from the provincial
                      government, by Arjun Poudel (kp 24/09/2025) 
                   
            Six cases of
                      chikungunya reported in Chitwan (kh
                    23/09/2025) 
            Health
                      workers warn of malaria and dengue surge after
                      festive season : Rapid diagnostic test kits have
                      been sent to health desks at land crossings with
                      India and health workers urged to step up
                      vigilance (kp 23/09/2025) 
                   
            Approach
                      To Ending TB Stigma, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn
                    18/09/2025) 
                   
            Five
                      die of Japanese encephalitis in Chitwan (rep
                    15/09/2025) 
                   
            Japanese
                      Encephalitis claims three in Nawalparasi (rep
                    08/09/2025) 
                   
            Singha
                      Durbar premises teeming with dengue mosquito
                      larvae : Metropolitan staff find stagnant water
                      and Aedes mosquitoes larvae in discarded items in
                      office compounds (kp 08/09/2025) 
                   
            Cholera
                      cases in Parsa show decline : Hospitals report
                      fewer new patients in Birgunj and Pokhariya,
                    by Shankar Acharya (kp 07/09/2025) 
                   
            The
                      return of communicable diseases : Recent outbreaks
                      of infectious diseases weigh down Nepal’s health
                      system even as it deals with rising chronic
                      maladies, by Sonia Awale (nt 05/09/2025) 
                   
            Scrub
                      typhus and dengue cases detected among inmates at
                      Jhumka Prison (rep 05/09/2025) 
                   
            Public health alert
                      issued as cholera spreads in Parsa (kh
                    01/09/2025) 
                   
            Cholera outbreak
                      reaches epidemic level with 624 cases (kh
                    29/08/2025) 
                   
            103 infected, 20
                      succumb to Japanese encephalitis (kh
                    28/08/2025), Awareness
                      campaign launched after detection of Japanese
                      encephalitis cases (kh 29/08/2025) 
                   
            Cholera outbreak
                      intensifies in Madhesh Province (kh
                    28/08/2025), Birgunj’s
                      cholera spreads to neighbouring areas and Bara :
                      Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has
                      consulted WHO representatives on the need for ring
                      vaccination in affected areas (kp 28/08/2025) 
                   
            National
                      Public Health Laboratory confirms cholera outbreak
                      in Birgunj : Eight of 10 stool samples test
                      positive. Vibrio cholerae 01 Ogawa serotype
                      identified as culprit (kp 27/08/2025) 
                   
            Nepal
                      on JE alert : Expanding and facilitating access to
                      jabs can reduce the human toll of this virus to
                      near zero, by Sher Bahadur Pun (kp
                    26/08/2025), No
                      budget for JE vaccine, health ministry spends
                      millions on unproven ayurvedic tonic : JE virus
                      has already killed 15 people this year, and most
                      of the deceased are unvaccinated (kp
                    27/08/2025) 
                   
            Japanese
                      encephalitis infection confirmed in one person in
                      Tanahu (kh 26/08/2025) 
            Containing
                      cholera : The outbreak in Birgunj should serve as
                      a wake-up call for the rest of the country (kp
                    26/08/2025), Birgunj
                      cholera outbreak largest since Jajarkot in 2009 :
                      At least three people are dead, 93 have tested
                      positive and over 300 sought treatment in various
                      hospitals, by Arjun Poudel and Shankar Acharya
                    (kp 26/08/2025) 
                   
            Central
                      security committee to mobilize medics to curb
                      cholera in Birgunj (kh 24/08/2025), 42
                            test positive in massive cholera outbreak in
                            Birgunj, by Arjun Poudel (kp 25/08/2025)
                   
            Rise
                      in seasonal flue patients in Sindhuli Hospital
                    (rn 24/08/2025) 
                   
            Nearly 300 dengue
                      cases reported in Sudurpaschim over eight months
                    (kh 24/08/2025) 
                   
            One woman dies from
                      scrub typhus in Chitwan (kh 23/08/2025) 
                   
            Dengue risk spreads
                      to hilly region; seven cases confirmed in Baitadi
                    (kh 21/08/2025) 
                   
            Campaign to destroy
                      mosquito larvae begins as dengue cases rise in
                      Khotang (kh 19/08/2025) 
            Dengue cases in
                      Nepal cross 3,000 (kh 18/08/2025) 
                   
            Dengue cases exceed
                      800 in Gandaki Province (kh 17/08/2025) 
                   
            Dengue
                      virus kills one in Kathmandu : A 24-year-old woman
                      from Kathmandu, admitted to Sukraraj Tropical and
                      Infectious Disease Hospital, succumbed to the
                      disease on Wednesday, by Arjun Poudel (kp
                    16/08/2025) 
                   
            Japanese
                      encephalitis spreads, but Nepal has no vaccine :
                      Three people have died and 33 others have been
                      infected from the virus that has spread to 18
                      districts, by Arjun Poudel (kp 12/08/2025) 
            Nepal reports 169
                      new dengue cases; total infections reach 2,886
                    (kh 12/08/2025) 
                   
            2,700
                      dengue and 432 Covid cases recorded since January
                      : Health officials warn dengue has spread to 74
                      districts and cases could rise after monsoon
                    (kp 11/08/2025) 
                   
            Two
                      dead, 11 infected this year as Japanese
                      Encephalitis hits 9 districts : Higher mortality
                      risk for those over 15. Mosquito-borne disease
                      riskier for unvaccinated, by Arjun Poudel (kp
                    07/08/2025) 
                   
            Cases
                      of seasonal flu, pneumonia flare up in children :
                      This week’s data shows a 15 percent respiratory
                      syncytial virus (RSV) positive rate among children
                    (kp 05/08/2025) 
                   
            10 new Covid cases
                      confirmed in past week (kh 04/08/2025) 
                   
            Chikungunya
                      surge in China raises alarm in Nepal : Experts say
                      risk of an outbreak is high as dengue-spreading
                      mosquitoes also transmit chikungunya and Nepal has
                      a history of infections (kp 02/08/2025) 
                   
            20
                      cases of dengue infection detected in 15 days in
                      Chitwan (rep 01/08/2025) 
                   
            Total dengue
                      infections cross 2,200 in Nepal (kh
                    24/07/2025) 
                   
            Elderly woman dies
                      of COVID-19 in Pokhara (kh 21/07/2025), Nepal
                      reports third Covid death within a month 
                      A 74-year-old woman from Kaski, who was suffering
                      from multiple underlying conditions, succumbed to
                      the coronavirus on Sunday (kp 22/07/2025) 
                   
            Surkhet records
                      increasing dengue cases (kh 21/07/2025) 
                   
            Dengue cases surge
                      in Chitwan (kh 20/07/2025) 
                   
            ‘Bizarre’:
                      Experts decry Minister Paudel’s ‘noble idea’ for
                      dengue control : Paudel has floated the idea of
                      halting all construction activities for 4 months
                      to lessen the scourge of dengue-spreading
                      mosquitoes (kp 18/07/2025) 
                   
            Dengue
                      Awareness Must Go Beyond Symbolism (rep
                    17/07/2025) 
            Mosquito menace
                      looms as monsoon intensifies, by Shreya
                    Shrestha (ae 17/07/2025) 
                   
            Scaling
                      Up The TB-Free Initiative, by Jhabindra
                    Bhandari (rn 11/07/2025) 
                   
            Expedite
                      Drive Against Dengue Virus, by Ballav Dahal
                    (rn 07/07/2025) 
                   
            Dengue no longer a
                      seasonal disease in Nepal as year-round infections
                      surge (kh 05/07/2025) 
            COVID-19
                      and dengue cases climb across Nepal (rep
                    05/07/2025) 
                   
            Monsoon
                      brings cholera to Kathmandu Valley : Kathmandu
                      Valley is among high-risk areas. Kathmandu
                      Metropolitan City launches a drive urging improved
                      hygiene (kp 05/07/2025) 
                   
            35 new COVID-19
                      cases reported in a week (kh 04/07/2025) 
                   
            Dengue scare: Cases
                      may exceed 60,000 this year (kh 03/074/2025),
                    Nepal
                      fears over 60,000 people could get infected with
                      dengue in next three months : Experts call for
                      urgent preparations including, strengthening
                      health facilities and launching effective
                      awareness campaigns (kp) 
                   
            Atypical
                      Mpox in Nepal : Vaccination and pre-departure
                      education among Nepali travellers can prevent
                      outbreaks, by Sher Bahadur Pun (kp 02/07/2025) 
            Nepal
                      mulls Covid vaccine for the immunocompromised : At
                      least one person died and 221 others tested
                      positive for Covid in the country since January
                    (kp 02/07/2025) 
                   
            Koshi
                      reports eight new cases of COVID-19 (rep
                    01/07/2025), Keep
                      Resurgent COVID-19 In Check, by Uttam Maharjan
                    (rn 01/07/2025) 
                   
            Dengue cases surge
                      in Jhapa (kh 28/06/2025) 
                   
            Health
                      officials seek community engagement for dengue
                      control : Over 1,500 people from 73 districts have
                      tested positive for the dengue virus since January
                    (kp 28/06/2025) 
                   
            Scrub
                      typhus emerges as a major public health problem in
                      Nepal : Over 16,000 people were infected with the
                      potentially fatal disease last year as the
                      parasite spread beyond rural areas, by Arjun
                    Poudel (kp 27/06/2025) 
                   
            Climate change
                      impact: Dengue infections now detected year-round
                      in Sudurpaschim Province (kh 27/06/2025) 
                   
            First post-pandemic
                      Covid death reported in Nepal (kh 24/06/2025),
                    Nepal
                      reports first Covid death in two years 
                      The victim was a 39-year-old woman from Ilam who
                      died in a Biratnagar hospital, by Arjun
                    PÜoudel (kp 25/06/2025) 
                   
            Covid
                      and dengue cases are climbing nationwide : Since
                      January, as many as 180 people from 25 districts
                      have tested positive for Covid, while 1,403 cases
                      of dengue have been confirmed in 73 districts
                    (kp 24/06/2025) 
                   
            New Omicron
                      sub-variant detected in five COVID-19 patients in
                      Nepal (kh 23/06/2025) 
                   
            Spike in Covid
                      cases reported across Nepal as weather shifts
                    (kh 19/06/2025), COVID-19
                      risk persists at border checkpoints (kh
                    19/06/2025) 
                   
            At
                      least 19 tested positive for Covid-19, one
                      hospitalised : Most of the infected persons are
                      India returnees. Some from Kathmandu have also
                      tested positive for the deadly disease, officials
                      say (kp 14/06/2025) 
                   
            COVID-19
                      testing resumes at four border points (rep
                    12/06/2025), Increase
                      Border Vigilance Against COVID-19 (rep
                    13/06/2025) 
                   
            Take
                      Safety Measures Against COVID, by Namrata
                    Sharma (rn 11/06/2025) 
                   
            COVID infections
                      rising among returnees from India, testing
                      hampered by lack of kits (kh 11/06/2025) 
                   
            Dengue
                      spreads to 72 districts (rn 09/06/2025), Dengue
                      infection spreads across 72 districts, with over
                      1,200 cases reported (rep 10/06/2025) 
                   
            Covid
                      cases rise in Sudurpaschim, but test kits running
                      out : 13 new cases confirmed in returnees from
                      India amid growing shortage of diagnostic kits at
                      border points, by Arjun Shah (kp 08/06/2025) 
                   
            Dengue
                      hits most mountain districts before monsoon sets
                      in : Experts warn of major outbreaks in
                      high-altitude regions where health facilities
                      remain ill-equipped (kp 07/06/2025) 
                   
            Five returnees from
                      India test positive for COVID-19 (kh
                    07/06/2025) 
                   
            Three
                      Covid cases confirmed in Sudurpaschim among
                      returnees from India (kh 05/06/2025), Covid
                            enters Nepal as cases spike in India : Rapid
                            tests by Kailali health officials confirm
                            Covid in three India returnees. Test kits in
                            short supply, by Arjun Poudel (kp
                          06/06/2025)  
            Nepal
                      set to deploy more than 150 field epidemiologists
                      for Covid surveillance : A Covid outbreak could
                      occur anytime in Nepal as neighbouring India is
                      seeing a spike in cases (kp 02/06/2025) 
                   
            Doctors
                      urge caution as eye infections rise with summer
                      heat (rep 31/05/2025) 
                   
            Ministry
                      directs agencies to start preparations for disease
                      outbreaks as monsoon approaches : As many as 71
                      districts have reported dengue infection this
                      year. Risk of a coronavirus resurgence is also
                      rising as neighbouring India reports cases (kp
                    27/05/2025) 
            Rise
                      of nasal bleeding dengue : As monsoon approaches,
                      the risk of a pathogenic dengue outbreak shouldn’t
                      be underestimated, by Sher Bahadur Pun (kp
                    27/05/2025) 
                   
            New
                      Covid surge in Asia, including India : Singapore,
                      Hong Kong and Thailand affected. Nepal scales up
                      surveillance at border points, by Arjun Poudel
                    (23/05/2025), Be
                      cautious about Covid : While the strength of the
                      new variant is uncertain, it is important to be
                      vigilant (kp 23/05/2025), India
                      reports new Covid variants NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 :
                      Nepal has only 121,000 doses of Covid vaccine and
                      very few testing kits in stock. Officials say they
                      won’t request donors for help unless federal
                      government decides as they fear accountability
                      over unused supplies (kp 26/05/2025), Nepal
                      on high alert as COVID-19 cases detected in seven
                      people (rep 27/05/2025), COVID-19
                      reappears in Nepal: seven cases detected in
                      Kathmandu and Dhulikhel (kh 27/05/2025), Experts
                      urge caution amid India Covid surge : Even if
                      newly detected virus variant is of mild nature,
                      the elderly and those with underlying conditions
                      are at risk, doctors say (kp 28/05/2025) 
                   
            Kathmandu
                      local units told to step up dengue
                      search-and-destroy drive : Three to four new
                      dengue cases are being reported in Kathmandu daily
                      along with rise in diarrhoea, snakebites, and
                      foodborne illnesses (kp 20/05/2025) 
                   
            Early
                      monsoon fuels dengue fears, by Shreya Shrestha
                    (ae 16/05/2025) 
                   
            High-containment
                      unit set up at National Lab, Teku : Officials say
                      the unit built with WHO support can neutralise
                      highly infectious viruses and boost Nepal’s
                      ability to prevent future outbreaks (kp
                    10/05/2025) 
                   
            Diarrhoeal
                      deaths increase over threefold : As many as 14
                      children under five years of age succumbed to
                      diarrhoea in the fiscal year 2080-81, up from four
                      the previous fiscal year (kp 06/05/2025) 
                   
            Chandipura
                      virus in Nepal : There is an urgent need for
                      active surveillance of this highly fatal
                      infectious disease, by Sher Bahadur Pun (kp
                    02/05/2025) 
                   
            Over
                      800 dengue cases reported from 57 districts since
                      January : All three districts of the Kathmandu
                      Valley—Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur—report
                      dengue infections. Dengue-transmitting mosquitoes
                      breed in clean water (kp 29/04/2025) 
                   
            Measles
                      outbreaks: High price of vaccine hesitancy, by
                    Santosh Dulal (ae 23/04/2025) 
                   
            Nepal
                      postpones malaria elimination deadline to 2030 :
                      Authorities have missed the target multiple times.
                      In 2024, the number of malaria infections was
                      1,043, nearly double that of 2023, by Arjun
                    Poudel (kp 16/04/2025) 
                   
            Nepal
                      hospitals report spike in seasonal illnesses : As
                      days get warmer, cases of fever, skin diseases,
                      cough, flu, snake bites, dengue, and malaria have
                      risen, say doctors (kp 04/04/2025) 
                   
            Viral
                      infection outbreak overwhelms Solukhumbu’s Phaplu
                      Hospital (kh 14/03/2025), Viral
                      infection cases on rise in Solukhumbu (rep
                    14/03/2025) 
                   
            Scrub
                      typhus encephalitis: Its growing threat in Nepal,
                    by Amod Rayamajhi and Ajit Rayamajhi (ht 28/02/2025) 
                   
            Winter
                      no check for dengue infections. Health authorities
                      mull multi-year action plan : More than 2,000
                      people were infected with the deadly virus in the
                      past two months (kp 24/02/2025) 
                   
            Pandemic
                      Leftovers On Chepang Community, by Jhabindra
                    Bhandari (rn 15/02/2025) 
                   
            Rise
                      in number of patients with both influenza and
                      pneumonia : Coinfection of viruses and bacteria
                      blamed for rise in influenza, pneumonia cases
                    (kp 07/02/2025) 
                   
            Seasonal
                      flu and pollution-related illnesses on rise
                    (rep 01/02/2025) 
                   
            Kala-azar
                      creeps into high-elevation districts : Experts say
                      infections in children and in new districts pose
                      challenges to kala-azar eradication by 2026,
                    by Arjun Poudel (kp 25/01/2025) 
                   
            WHO
                                                          lab confirms
                                                          clade IIb mpox
                                                          in two Saudi
                                                          Arabia
                                                          returnee
                                                          Nepalis : One
                                                          patient has
                                                          recovered, the
                                                          other remains
                                                          in hospital
                                                          (kp
                                                          18/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Nepal
                                                          doctors warn
                                                          of rising
                                                          respiratory
                                                          co-infections
                                                          from multiple
                                                          viruses :
                                                          Back-to-back
                                                          or
                                                          simultaneous
                                                          infections can
                                                          cause
                                                          pneumonia and
                                                          severe
                                                          deterioration
                                                          in health, say
                                                          experts,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          13/01/2025) 
                                                           
            HMPV
                                                          poses no new
                                                          threat, says
                                                          Health
                                                          Ministry
                                                          (kh
                                                          09/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Doctors
                                                          sound alarm
                                                          over rising
                                                          flu cases in
                                                          Kathmandu
                                                          (kh
                                                          08/01/2025), Nepal
                                                          to test
                                                          influenza
                                                          patients for
                                                          human
                                                          metapneumovirus
                                                          : This already
                                                          familiar virus
                                                          causes
                                                          flu-like
                                                          symptoms and
                                                          poses higher
                                                          risk for young
                                                          children,
                                                          the elderly,
                                                          and those with
                                                          weak immunity
                                                          (kp
                                                          08/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Dengue:
                                                          A disease
                                                          without
                                                          borders,
                                                          by Santosh
                                                          Dulal (ae
                                                          06/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Migrant
                                                          workers’
                                                          living
                                                          conditions in
                                                          focus after
                                                          new mpox cases
                                                          in Nepal :
                                                          Health
                                                          authorities
                                                          mull
                                                          community-level
                                                          surveillance
                                                          to prevent the
                                                          virus from
                                                          spreading
                                                          further,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          03/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Banke
                                                          at high risk
                                                          of leprosy
                                                          (rn
                                                          01/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Nepal
                                                          confirms third
                                                          mpox case.
                                                          Experts warn
                                                          of possible
                                                          spread : The
                                                          second and
                                                          third cases
                                                          are Saudi
                                                          Arabia
                                                          returnees.
                                                          Doctors warn
                                                          further cases
                                                          may emerge as
                                                          only
                                                          symptomatic
                                                          individuals
                                                          have sought
                                                          treatment,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          31/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Another
                                                          monkeypox case
                                                          confirmed in
                                                          Nepal (kh
                                                          30/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Gandaki
                                                          Province
                                                          launches
                                                          ward-level
                                                          campaign to
                                                          combat TB
                                                          (kh
                                                          28/12/2024) 
            Nepal
                                                          to send mpox
                                                          sample to WHO
                                                          lab in
                                                          Thailand for
                                                          clade analysis
                                                          : Officials
                                                          say clade
                                                          identification
                                                          is crucial to
                                                          understanding
                                                          the virus’s
                                                          virulence and
                                                          transmissibility,
                                                          and curbing
                                                          the spread of
                                                          deadly disease,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          28/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Mpox
                                                          infection
                                                          reappears
                                                          (kh
                                                          21/12/2024), Nepal
                                                          confirms
                                                          second case of
                                                          monkeypox : A
                                                          36-year-old
                                                          man from
                                                          Tanahun, a
                                                          Saudi Arabia
                                                          returnee,
                                                          tested
                                                          positive for
                                                          the deadly
                                                          virus, by
                                                          Arjun Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          21/12/2024),
                                                          Nepal steps up
                                                          surveillance
                                                          after second
                                                          mpox case :
                                                          Officials say
                                                          they have
                                                          intensified
                                                          screenings at
                                                          the Kathmandu
                                                          airport and
                                                          alerted
                                                          dermatologists
                                                          nationwide to
                                                          flag suspected
                                                          cases (kp
                                                          23/12/2024), Monkeypox
                                                          patient
                                                          improving,
                                                          informs
                                                          hospital
                                                          (kh
                                                          26/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal
                                                          set to miss
                                                          2026 malaria
                                                          elimination
                                                          goal as
                                                          indigenous and
                                                          imported cases
                                                          rise : Over 20
                                                          cases of
                                                          indigenous and
                                                          nearly 1,000
                                                          cases of
                                                          imported, 
                                                          malaria cases
                                                          have been
                                                          detected in
                                                          2024, which is
                                                          high compared
                                                          to 2023,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          17/12/2024), Nepal
                                                          to push
                                                          malaria
                                                          elimination
                                                          goal to 2030
                                                          as 2026 proves
                                                          unattainable :
                                                          Health
                                                          officials
                                                          blame rising
                                                          indigenous and
                                                          imported
                                                          cases, budget
                                                          cuts, open
                                                          southern
                                                          border, and
                                                          climate change
                                                          for the
                                                          failure
                                                          (kp
                                                          20/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Why
                                                          Tuberculosis
                                                          Persists In
                                                          Society,
                                                          by Balaram
                                                          Sharma
                                                          Chaulagain (rn
                                                          07/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Rise
                                                          of syphilis in
                                                          Nepal :
                                                          Creating an
                                                          environment
                                                          that fosters
                                                          open dialogue
                                                          on
                                                          reproductive
                                                          and sexual
                                                          health is
                                                          vital, by
                                                          Sher Bahadur
                                                          Pun (kp
                                                          04/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Winter
                                                          offers no
                                                          relief from
                                                          dengue :
                                                          Experts urge
                                                          continued
                                                          vigilance as
                                                          dengue remains
                                                          a year-round
                                                          threat in
                                                          Nepal (kp
                                                          03/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal’s
                                                          30 districts
                                                          at high risk
                                                          of cholera
                                                          outbreak :
                                                          Epidemiology
                                                          and Disease
                                                          Control
                                                          Division
                                                          working on a
                                                          cholera
                                                          elimination
                                                          plan. Mass
                                                          vaccination
                                                          under
                                                          consideration
                                                          (kp
                                                          22/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          kills eight in
                                                          Gandaki
                                                          (rn
                                                          15/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Climate
                                                          change drives
                                                          dengue as
                                                          mosquitoes
                                                          climb to new
                                                          altitudes :
                                                          Dengue
                                                          mosquitoes
                                                          found in
                                                          Jumla’s
                                                          Chandannath at
                                                          2,438 metres.
                                                          Health
                                                          agencies
                                                          grossly
                                                          unprepared,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          12/11/2024) 
            Take
                                                          Effective
                                                          Measures To
                                                          Contain Dengue,
                                                          by Uttam
                                                          Maharjan (rn
                                                          12/11/2024) 
                                                           
            JE
                                                          death toll
                                                          rises to 23,
                                                          development
                                                          partners not
                                                          driven to
                                                          provide
                                                          vaccine :
                                                          Health
                                                          Minister
                                                          Pradip Paudel
                                                          says he will
                                                          hold a meeting
                                                          with relevant
                                                          officials and
                                                          experts to
                                                          discuss the
                                                          emergency
                                                          (kp
                                                          08/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          infections
                                                          declining in
                                                          Nepal
                                                          following
                                                          govt’s
                                                          mosquito
                                                          control
                                                          campaign
                                                          (rep
                                                          07/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Private
                                                          labs are
                                                          fleecing
                                                          dengue
                                                          patients :
                                                          Some hospitals
                                                          are reportedly
                                                          charging up to
                                                          Rs3,000 for a
                                                          test although
                                                          the testing
                                                          kit costs less
                                                          than Rs100,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          06/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Climate
                                                          shifts and
                                                          urbanisation
                                                          drive Nepal
                                                          dengue surge
                                                          (rep
                                                          05/11/2024), Dengue
                                                          affects over
                                                          28,000 people
                                                          across Nepal :
                                                          Six districts
                                                          including
                                                          Kathmandu at
                                                          high risk
                                                          (kh
                                                          05/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal
                                                          at risk:
                                                          Malaria and
                                                          dengue could
                                                          spread due to
                                                          climate change
                                                          : The number
                                                          of malaria and
                                                          dengue cases
                                                          in Nepal may
                                                          increase by up
                                                          to 27 percent
                                                          and 44
                                                          percent,
                                                          respectively,
                                                          over
                                                          2011-2040,
                                                          says the Asian
                                                          Development
                                                          Bank (kp
                                                          01/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Three
                                                          types of
                                                          dengue viruses
                                                          active in
                                                          Nepal (kh
                                                          29/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          cases surge
                                                          past 28,000;
                                                          12 fatalities
                                                          reported
                                                          (kh
                                                          29/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Number
                                                          of dengue
                                                          patients
                                                          exceeds 27,000
                                                          across Nepal
                                                          (rep
                                                          28/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Controlling
                                                          dengue menace
                                                          : With every
                                                          outbreak, the
                                                          virus seems to
                                                          be taking a
                                                          more complex
                                                          form, by
                                                          Sher Bahadur
                                                          Pun
                                                          (kp27/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          crisis deepens
                                                          as authorities
                                                          fail to
                                                          prioritise
                                                          mosquito
                                                          control :
                                                          Experts:
                                                          Government bid
                                                          to hide cases
                                                          and deaths is
                                                          worsening the
                                                          public health
                                                          crisis, by
                                                          Arjun Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          25/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal
                                                          faces renewed
                                                          threat of
                                                          polio
                                                          infection
                                                          (rep
                                                          24/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          surge
                                                          overwhelms
                                                          hospitals,
                                                          sparks blood
                                                          crisis :
                                                          Central blood
                                                          bank says it
                                                          brought 112
                                                          pints of blood
                                                          from Simara on
                                                          Thursday, but
                                                          daily demand
                                                          exceeds 300
                                                          pints, by
                                                          Arjun Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          19/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Chitwan
                                                          reports 386
                                                          cases of Scrub
                                                          Typhus
                                                          (rep
                                                          16/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue:
                                                          Over 19,000
                                                          infected
                                                          nationwide as
                                                          cases surge
                                                          (kh
                                                          16/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Chitwan
                                                          reports over
                                                          2,000 new
                                                          dengue cases
                                                          (kh
                                                          14/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Death
                                                          toll from
                                                          Dengue reaches
                                                          seven in
                                                          Gandaki
                                                          Province
                                                          (kh
                                                          09/10/2024) 
                                                           
            As
                                                          dengue surge
                                                          looms,
                                                          authorities
                                                          race to secure
                                                          rapid test
                                                          kits :
                                                          Officials at
                                                          Health
                                                          Ministry say
                                                          they have just
                                                          2,000 kits in
                                                          stock and have
                                                          urged
                                                          provinces to
                                                          secure their
                                                          own supplies
                                                          (kp
                                                          08/10/2024) [As usual, the government does not act, but reacts!] 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          surge sparks
                                                          critical blood
                                                          shortage :
                                                          Last week’s
                                                          monsoon
                                                          disaster and
                                                          ongoing
                                                          Dashain
                                                          holidays have
                                                          cut blood
                                                          donations to
                                                          100 pints a
                                                          day, while the
                                                          demand is for
                                                          around 400
                                                          pints, by
                                                          Arjun Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          05/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal
                                                          braces for
                                                          health
                                                          epidemics
                                                          after monsoon
                                                          chaos :
                                                          Experts warn
                                                          of high risk
                                                          of
                                                          water-borne,
                                                          vector-borne,
                                                          and air-borne
                                                          disease
                                                          outbreaks amid
                                                          widespread
                                                          destruction,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          01/10/2024), Flood
                                                          survivors
                                                          worried about
                                                          the risk of
                                                          epidemic
                                                          (kh
                                                          05/10/2024)
                                                           
            Chitwan
                                                          reports 229
                                                          scrub typhus
                                                          cases, one
                                                          death since
                                                          mid-July
                                                          (rep
                                                          30/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Cholera
                                                          resurfaces in
                                                          districts
                                                          declared open
                                                          defecation-free
                                                          years ago :
                                                          Without
                                                          improved water
                                                          and hygiene,
                                                          there is no
                                                          stopping
                                                          deadly
                                                          diarrheal
                                                          ailments,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          26/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          cases rise in
                                                          Kathmandu
                                                          Valley (kh
                                                          24/09/2024) 
                                                           
            JE
                                                          toll rises: 17
                                                          dead, 63
                                                          infected since
                                                          June :
                                                          Officials
                                                          lament urgent
                                                          pleas to
                                                          donors for
                                                          vaccines have
                                                          gone
                                                          unanswered
                                                          (kp
                                                          23/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Japanese
                                                          encephalitis
                                                          outbreak in
                                                          Nepal : Its
                                                          presence in
                                                          Kathmandu is
                                                          alarming, and
                                                          a possible
                                                          ‘surprise
                                                          outbreak’
                                                          cannot be
                                                          overlooked,
                                                          by Sher
                                                          Bahadur Pun
                                                          (kp
                                                          22/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Hospitals
                                                          in Valley
                                                          report spike
                                                          in viral
                                                          fever, flu
                                                          cases :
                                                          Doctors say
                                                          the exact
                                                          cause of the
                                                          surge still
                                                          unclear, but
                                                          believe it may
                                                          be due to
                                                          infections
                                                          like dengue,
                                                          seasonal
                                                          influenza, and
                                                          typhoid, among
                                                          others, by
                                                          Arjun Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          19/09/2024) 
                                                           
            As
                                                          dengue spreads
                                                          nationwide,
                                                          Nepali public
                                                          resigns to
                                                          fate :
                                                          Authorities
                                                          have abandoned
                                                          preventive
                                                          measures such
                                                          as mosquito
                                                          search-and-destroy,
                                                          leading to
                                                          rise in
                                                          infections,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          14/09/2024), Dengue
                                                          infection hits
                                                          9,500
                                                          nationwide,
                                                          claims 6 lives
                                                          (kh
                                                          15/09/2024), Contain
                                                          Rising Threat
                                                          Of Dengue,
                                                          by Shyam P
                                                          Lohani (rn
                                                          15/09/2024) 
                                                           
            12
                                                          dead, 59
                                                          others
                                                          infected as
                                                          Japanese
                                                          Encephalitis
                                                          spreads across
                                                          Nepal : Health
                                                          officials say
                                                          they are
                                                          working to
                                                          secure JE
                                                          vaccines for
                                                          all vulnerable
                                                          populations,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          13/09/2024), 14
                                                          dead of
                                                          Japanese
                                                          encephalitis,
                                                          61 infected
                                                          (rn
                                                          13/09/2024), Deaths
                                                          from Japanese
                                                          encephalitis
                                                          doubles
                                                          compared to
                                                          last year,
                                                          by Pabitra
                                                          Sunar (rep
                                                          14/09/2024), Japanese
                                                          encephalitis
                                                          claims 14
                                                          lives (kh
                                                          15/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Over
                                                          6,800 people
                                                          infected with
                                                          dengue across
                                                          Nepal (rep
                                                          10/09/2024), Acute
                                                          viral fever
                                                          and dengue
                                                          infections
                                                          overwhelm
                                                          Kathmandu
                                                          valley
                                                          hospitals
                                                          (rep
                                                          10/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Two succumb to
                                                          dengue in
                                                          Jhapa (kh
                                                          09/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Japanese
                                                          encephalitis
                                                          kills 6,
                                                          infects 36
                                                          this monsoon :
                                                          Officials have
                                                          no plan to
                                                          launch
                                                          vaccination
                                                          drives anytime
                                                          soon. Say JE
                                                          deaths and
                                                          infections
                                                          have declined
                                                          recently,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kh
                                                          06/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Chitwan reports
                                                          another dengue
                                                          fatality
                                                          (kh
                                                          04/09/2024) 
                                                           
            One dies of dengue
                                                          infection in
                                                          Chitwan
                                                          (kh
                                                          02/09/2024) 
            Four people die of
                                                          diarrhea in
                                                          Narainapur;
                                                          seven taken
                                                          ill (kh
                                                          02/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Chitwan records 78 scrub
                                                          typhus cases
                                                          since July
                                                          (rn
                                                          01/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Cholera: A Persistent
                                                          Health Risk,
                                                          by Anand
                                                          Gautam (rn
                                                          29/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Over
                                                          3,500 infected
                                                          with scrub
                                                          typhus since
                                                          mid-July :
                                                          Delayed
                                                          diagnosis,
                                                          misdiagnosis
                                                          and late
                                                          treatment lead
                                                          to severity
                                                          and death,
                                                          doctors warn,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          27/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Hospitals
                                                          in mountain
                                                          districts
                                                          struggle to
                                                          cope with
                                                          dengue surge :
                                                          Patients fill
                                                          every
                                                          available
                                                          space
                                                          including
                                                          corridors,
                                                          floors at
                                                          Sankhuwasabha
                                                          hospital,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          26/08/2024) 
            Dengue
                                                          could spiral
                                                          into an
                                                          epidemic in
                                                          Nepal, warn
                                                          health experts
                                                          (rep
                                                          26/08/2024), Dengue
                                                          cases surge in
                                                          Chitwan, over
                                                          500 infected
                                                          (kh
                                                          26/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue and cholera spread
                                                          across nation
                                                          except Humla
                                                          and Mustang
                                                          (rn
                                                          24/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Child
                                                          dies from
                                                          diarrhoea.
                                                          Cholera
                                                          confirmed in
                                                          58 others :
                                                          Health
                                                          authorities
                                                          are struggling
                                                          to locate the
                                                          source of the
                                                          cholera
                                                          outbreak, with
                                                          most cases
                                                          reported in
                                                          Kathmandu
                                                          Valley (kp
                                                          21/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          spreads across
                                                          74 districts,
                                                          highest
                                                          infection rate
                                                          in Tanahun
                                                          (rep
                                                          20/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Apathy
                                                          to take
                                                          preventive
                                                          measures
                                                          blamed for an
                                                          exponential
                                                          rise in dengue
                                                          cases : Health
                                                          workers demand
                                                          testing kits
                                                          and essential
                                                          medicines
                                                          instead of
                                                          directions,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          20/08/2024) 
            Cholera cases in
                                                          Nepal rise to
                                                          58 as three
                                                          new infections
                                                          reported
                                                          (kh
                                                          20/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Rise
                                                          of monsoon
                                                          Covid in Nepal
                                                          : We must
                                                          prioritise
                                                          continuous
                                                          surveillance,
                                                          genetic
                                                          analysis and
                                                          vaccination,
                                                          by Sher
                                                          Bahadur Pun
                                                          (kp
                                                          18/08/2024) 
            Dengue
                                                          kills three
                                                          people in
                                                          Gandaki in
                                                          three weeks,
                                                          by Santosh
                                                          Pokharel
                                                          (18/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Massive
                                                          dengue
                                                          outbreak hits
                                                          Anbukhaireni
                                                          in Tanahun :
                                                          Over 900
                                                          dengue cases
                                                          reported in a
                                                          single ward
                                                          within a
                                                          month. Local
                                                          15-bed
                                                          hospital
                                                          overwhelmed
                                                          (kp
                                                          17/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal
                                                          on high alert
                                                          after WHO
                                                          declares
                                                          global mpox
                                                          emergency :
                                                          Experts say
                                                          people who
                                                          have returned
                                                          from
                                                          disease-hit
                                                          African
                                                          countries must
                                                          be isolated
                                                          for three
                                                          weeks (kp
                                                          16/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Monovalent
                                                          Covid vaccine
                                                          set for
                                                          nationwide
                                                          rollout within
                                                          a week : Along
                                                          with those
                                                          with
                                                          comorbidities
                                                          and elderly,
                                                          children with
                                                          compromised
                                                          immunity will
                                                          also get the
                                                          vaccine
                                                          (kp
                                                          15/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue control
                                                          turns
                                                          challenging in
                                                          Koshi Province
                                                          (kh
                                                          15/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Health
                                                          authorities
                                                          mull mass
                                                          vaccination
                                                          against
                                                          cholera : At
                                                          least 50
                                                          people have
                                                          contracted
                                                          cholera across
                                                          country so far
                                                          this year.
                                                          Contamination
                                                          of all water
                                                          sources poses
                                                          a challenge in
                                                          containing
                                                          spread of
                                                          deadly
                                                          disease,
                                                          officials say,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          14/08/2024) 
            Coronavirus
                                                          cases are
                                                          surging again
                                                          : A new
                                                          sub-variant of
                                                          the
                                                          coronavirus
                                                          detected in a
                                                          recent whole
                                                          genome
                                                          sequencing
                                                          could be
                                                          responsible,
                                                          say sources,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          13/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Two
                                                          people succumb
                                                          to dengue in
                                                          Jhapa and
                                                          Tanahu (kh
                                                          12/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Cholera
                                                          spreads to
                                                          five
                                                          districts; 47
                                                          cases
                                                          confirmed
                                                          nationwide
                                                          (kh
                                                          10/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          cases surge in
                                                          Kaski (kh
                                                          09/08/2024), Dengue
                                                          cases reported
                                                          in Solukhumbu
                                                          among locals
                                                          without travel
                                                          history
                                                          (kh
                                                          09/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Four
                                                          schools to be
                                                          closed
                                                          indefinitely
                                                          in
                                                          Aanbukhaireni
                                                          amid a surge
                                                          in dengue
                                                          cases : The
                                                          Aanbukhaireni
                                                          Bazar area has
                                                          become a
                                                          hotspot of
                                                          dengue this
                                                          year since the
                                                          first case was
                                                          reported there
                                                          on June 13,
                                                          by Samjhana
                                                          Rasaili (kp
                                                          08/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Counting
                                                          cases alone
                                                          won’t defeat
                                                          dengue, warn
                                                          doctors : Over
                                                          2,300 cases
                                                          and one death
                                                          have been
                                                          recorded so
                                                          far this year.
                                                          Experts call
                                                          for risk
                                                          mapping,
                                                          increased
                                                          surveillance
                                                          and actions
                                                          from local
                                                          units, by
                                                          Arjun Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          07/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          claims one
                                                          life; Cholera
                                                          confirmed in
                                                          30 individuals
                                                          (kh
                                                          06/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Monsoon
                                                          rains spike
                                                          risk of water
                                                          and
                                                          vector-borne
                                                          illnesses in
                                                          most districts
                                                          : 23 cholera
                                                          cases
                                                          confirmed in
                                                          Lalitpur,
                                                          Kailali, and
                                                          Kathmandu, and
                                                          2,061 dengue
                                                          cases reported
                                                          across 73
                                                          districts
                                                          (kp
                                                          03/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Two
                                                          new Cholera
                                                          cases detected
                                                          in Lalitpur,
                                                          total reaches
                                                          25 (kh
                                                          03/08/2024) 
            Galkot
                                                          Municipality
                                                          alarmed over
                                                          rising dengue,
                                                          scrub typhus
                                                          cases (kh
                                                          03/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Number
                                                          of cholera
                                                          cases reaches
                                                          23 (rep
                                                          02/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Cholera
                                                          outbreaks
                                                          being reported
                                                          only from
                                                          districts with
                                                          active
                                                          surveillance :
                                                          Active
                                                          surveillance
                                                          of cholera is
                                                          being carried
                                                          out in only
                                                          four districts
                                                          only—the
                                                          Valley’s three
                                                          and Kailali.
                                                          Experts say
                                                          water and
                                                          sanitation
                                                          conditions in
                                                          the rest of
                                                          the districts
                                                          are poor as
                                                          well, by
                                                          Arjun Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          01/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Cholera
                                                          outbreak
                                                          confirmed in
                                                          three more
                                                          places in
                                                          Valley.
                                                          Officials fear
                                                          widespread
                                                          outbreak : At
                                                          least 16
                                                          people tested
                                                          positive for
                                                          the deadly
                                                          disease in
                                                          Lalitpur,
                                                          Kailali and
                                                          Kathmandu.
                                                          Experts blame
                                                          authorities’
                                                          negligence,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          30/07/2024), One
                                                          more detected
                                                          with cholera
                                                          on Tuesday
                                                          (rep
                                                          30/07/2024), Cholera
                                                          cases ring
                                                          alarm bells,
                                                          by Shreya
                                                          Shrestha (ae
                                                          31/07/2024) 
                                                           
            17
                                                          cholera cases
                                                          detected
                                                          across Nepal
                                                          till Monday
                                                          (rep
                                                          29/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Three
                                                          cases of
                                                          Cholera
                                                          detected in
                                                          Kathmandu
                                                          (kh
                                                          28/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Two
                                                          children
                                                          diagnosed with
                                                          Measles in
                                                          Shuklaphanta
                                                          Municipality
                                                          (kh
                                                          27/07/2024) 
            Nepal
                                                          at high risk
                                                          of Chandipura
                                                          virus (rep
                                                          27/07/2024) 
            Rapid
                                                          response team
                                                          mobilized in
                                                          Dhangadhi to
                                                          contain
                                                          cholera
                                                          outbreak
                                                          (rep
                                                          27/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Four
                                                          cases of
                                                          Cholera
                                                          confirmed in
                                                          Lalitpur
                                                          (kh
                                                          25/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Health
                                                          ministry
                                                          alerts
                                                          agencies to
                                                          risk of Nipah
                                                          virus outbreak
                                                          : Officials
                                                          say they have
                                                          purchased
                                                          reagents to
                                                          carry out
                                                          testing of
                                                          suspected
                                                          Nipah virus
                                                          cases
                                                          following an
                                                          outbreak of
                                                          the deadly
                                                          virus in India
                                                          last year
                                                          (kp
                                                          25/07/2024) 
            Khandbari
                                                          Hospital
                                                          overwhelmed by
                                                          surge in
                                                          dengue and
                                                          viral cases
                                                          (kh
                                                          25/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Re-emerging
                                                          poliovirus in
                                                          Nepal :
                                                          Surveillance
                                                          and
                                                          vaccination
                                                          are important
                                                          to sustain
                                                          Nepal’s polio
                                                          eradication
                                                          status, by
                                                          Sher Bahadur
                                                          Pun (kp
                                                          25/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Cholera
                                                          outbreak
                                                          confirmed in
                                                          Godawari,
                                                          Lalitpur : All
                                                          four cases
                                                          from drug
                                                          rehab, three
                                                          escape from
                                                          hospital,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          24/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Routine
                                                          dengue virus
                                                          serotyping to
                                                          begin soon:
                                                          Officials :
                                                          Nepal has
                                                          detected all
                                                          four serotypes
                                                          of the dengue
                                                          virus—1,2,3,4.
                                                          Over 1,600
                                                          cases have
                                                          been reported
                                                          in 73
                                                          districts so
                                                          far this year
                                                          (kp
                                                          22/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Highly
                                                          contagious
                                                          poliovirus
                                                          found in
                                                          Kathmandu
                                                          sewage :
                                                          Authorities
                                                          scramble for
                                                          funds to
                                                          launch a
                                                          special polio
                                                          vaccination
                                                          drive in the
                                                          Valley, by
                                                          Arjun Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          20/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Kailali
                                                          reports over
                                                          1,000 dengue
                                                          cases (rep
                                                          11/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Next
                                                          come diseases
                                                          : We should
                                                          proactively
                                                          allocate
                                                          human,
                                                          infrastructural
                                                          and budgetary
                                                          resources to
                                                          combat
                                                          monsoon-time
                                                          maladies
                                                          (kp
                                                          10/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Dengue
                                                          cases spike in
                                                          Kathmandu. 18
                                                          people getting
                                                          infected daily
                                                          : Doctors say
                                                          actual numbers
                                                          are likely
                                                          higher because
                                                          only 18
                                                          government
                                                          health
                                                          facilities are
                                                          providing data
                                                          (kp
                                                          09/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          enlists 52
                                                          diseases in
                                                          infectious
                                                          disease tally
                                                          (kh
                                                          07/07/2024), Nepal
                                                          epidemic
                                                          control body
                                                          urges health
                                                          workers to
                                                          cancel leave 
                                                          Officials warn
                                                          of potential
                                                          outbreaks of
                                                          waterborne and
                                                          vector-borne
                                                          diseases due
                                                          to floods in
                                                          the coming
                                                          days (kp
                                                          08/07/2024) 
            Contain
                                                          Dengue
                                                          Transmission
                                                          Risk, by
                                                          Ballav Dahal
                                                          (rn
                                                          08/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Zika
                                                          virus in
                                                          Nepal?
                                                          2024)With the
                                                          virus
                                                          appearing in
                                                          India, Nepal
                                                          must it in
                                                          routine
                                                          laboratory
                                                          tests,
                                                          especially
                                                          during monsoon,
                                                          by Sher
                                                          Bahadur Pun
                                                          (kh
                                                          07/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Continuing
                                                          Covid danger :
                                                          It is vital to
                                                          keep in mind
                                                          that over
                                                          12,000 Nepalis
                                                          have already
                                                          died of the
                                                          virus, and
                                                          thus stay
                                                          vigilant
                                                          (kp
                                                          05/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Outbreak
                                                          of Zika virus
                                                          in India
                                                          raises concern
                                                          in Nepal :
                                                          Dengue-spreading
                                                          mosquitoes
                                                          also spread
                                                          the Zika
                                                          virus, and the
                                                          country is
                                                          currently
                                                          witnessing a
                                                          dengue
                                                          outbreak
                                                          (kp
                                                          01/07/2024) 
                                                           
            KMC
                                                          deploys a team
                                                          of 622 people
                                                          to combat
                                                          dengue menace
                                                          (rep
                                                          28/06/2024), KMC
                                                          intensifies
                                                          dengue
                                                          mosquito
                                                          eradication
                                                          efforts 
                                                          Volunteers to
                                                          visit
                                                          households
                                                          every
                                                          Wednesday
                                                          hunting for
                                                          mosquito
                                                          larvae
                                                          breeding
                                                          grounds
                                                          (kp
                                                          29/06/2024) 
                                                           
            Over
                                1,000 people infected with swine flu
                                virus since January : Experts concerned
                                as fewer than one-fifth of
                                influenza-like illnesses are diagnosed
                                in Nepal, by Arjun Poudel (kp
                              25/06/2024) 
                             
            Reports
                                show threefold drop in diarrhoeal cases
                                in a year : Surprisingly, those using
                                improved sources of drinking water
                                suffered more diarrhoeal infection than
                                those using unimproved sources, by
                              Arjun Poudel (kp 20/06/2024) 
            Dengue
                                infection surges in 72 districts across
                                Nepal, Kathmandu at high risk (rep
                              20/06/2024), Dengue
                                on rise across the country, by
                              Sabitri Dhakal (ae 20/06/2024) 
                             
            Dengue
                                cases surge in hilly districts of
                                Sudurpaschim Province (rep
                              19/06/2024) 
                             
            As
                                dengue control falters, focus shifts to
                                individual cases : 1,175 infections
                                reported in 72 districts so far this
                                year, by Arjun Poudel (kp
                              17/06/2024) 
            Dengue
                        infection spreads over 71 districts (kh
                      15/06/2024) 
                     
            Most
                        districts report dengue outbreaks : Since
                        January, 69 districts have reported dengue
                        cases. Over 1,100 people have tested positive,
                      by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/06/20024), Cholera
                        outbreak in Kathmandu, authorities unaware :
                        Confirmation of the Vibrio cholera 01 Ogawa
                        serotype in an individual in Kathmandu raises
                        the risk of an outbreak during the monsoon
                        season, by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/06/2024) 
                     
            Nepal
                        confirms spread of four new Covid
                        subvariants—KP.1, KP.2, KP.3, KP.4 : All
                        subvariants are offshoots of the Omicron
                        variant, says The National Public Health
                        Laboratory (kp 25/05/2024) 
            Still
                        learning lessons from COVID : Nepal is a
                        contributor to an important recovery trial that
                        discovered treatment for coronavirus disease, by
                        Sonia Awale (nt 24/05/2024) 
                     
            Dengue
                        spreads across 57 districts, urgent call for
                        awareness (rep 24/05/2024) 
                     
            New
                        omicron sub-variants confirmed in Nepal (rep
                      24/05/2024) 
                     
            West
                        Nile fever outbreak in India, Nepal on alert :
                        One person dies in India’s Kerala. World Health
                        Organisation cautions Nepal under International
                        Health Regulations (kp 20/05/2024) 
                     
            Kapilvastu
                        grapples with surging leprosy cases : Many
                        patients have been found avoiding proper medical
                        examination until their condition worsens,
                        according to doctors, by Manoj Paudel (kp
                      15/05/2024) 
                     
            57
                        districts report dengue infection : Over 50
                        cases are being reported per week. Experts warn
                        of big outbreak in coming days (kp
                      14/05/2024), Dengue
                        rising : There are no year-round surveillance
                        and prevention programmes to tackle this growing
                        health menace (kh 15/05/2024) 
                     
            Over
                        11,000 dengue cases reported in Bagmati (rep
                      05/05/2024) 
                     
            Nepal
                        misses malaria elimination goal, new deadline
                        may be 2030 : Open border, budget cuts, and
                        mosquitoes moving to higher altitudes due to
                        climate change pose major challenges, by
                      Arjun Poudel (kp 27/04/2024) 
                     
            Pandemic
                        cut Nepal life expectancy by three years :
                        Decline almost double the global average during
                        the pandemic period, says The Lancet report,
                      by Arjun Poudel (kp 13/04/2024) 
            Health
                                Ministry working to identify cholera
                                hotspots : Epidemiology and Disease
                                Control Division to draft guidelines for
                                reducing outbreak risks (kp
                              09/04/2024) 
                             
            Nepal’s
                                first ‘post-pandemic Covid wave’ : One
                                possible explanation for a sudden rise
                                in disease severity in patients could be
                                ‘FluVid’, by Sher Bahadur Pun (kp
                              09/04/2024) 
                             
            Covid
                                cases are rising among people returning
                                from India : Since March 14, as many as
                                58 people entering Nepal on foot through
                                the Gauriphanta and Gaddachauki
                                checkpoints in Kanchanpur district have
                                tested positive. However, those entering
                                by vehicle are not tested, by
                              Bhawani Bhatta (kp 08/04/2024) 
                             
            As
                                Covid lingers, Nepal asks Covax for 1.6
                                million vaccine doses : Shots are
                                available at Sukraraj Hospital, Teku.
                                Those in the risk group can get fresh
                                jabs (kp 05/04/2024), Knocking
                                again : The slow but steady rise in
                                Covid-19 cases should be a wake up call
                                and make us all vigilant (kp
                              05/04/2024) 
                             
            Lingering
                                Covid is severely ailing elderly and
                                comorbid people : Change in virus
                                variant or double infection—of seasonal
                                flu and coronavirus—suspected for the
                                rise in serious cases, by Arjun
                              Poudel (kp 04/04/2024) 
                             
            Health
                                Ministry issues warning on dengue amid
                                rising temperatures (kh 03/04/2024) 
                             
            Nepal
                                records 28 new cases of COVID-19 in a
                                week (kh 03/04/2024) 
                             
            Ending
                                TB is possible, and cost-effective : But
                                not unless Nepal is serious about
                                treating latent and active cases in
                                tandem, by Sonia Awale (nt
                              29/03/2024) 
            World
                        Tuberculosis Day: 17,000 Nepali nationals lose
                        their lives annually (kh 24/03/2024) 
                     
            Viral
                        fever cases up in Makawanpur district
                      (23/03/2024) 
                     
            79
                        succumb to TB in six months in Koshi Province
                      (23/03/2024) 
                     
            Sudurpaschim
                        reports Seven COVID-19 cases in 24 hours (kh
                      23/03/2024) 
                     
            Dengue
                        dangers : There has been little effort to try to
                        understand the virus or to raise awareness
                        year-round (kp 20/03/2024) 
                     
            110
                        leprosy cases detected inside Kathmandu
                        metropolis in FY 2022/23 (rep 08/03/2024)/ 
                     
            Health
                        ministry urges caution against influenza :
                        Officials say cases of flu and fever are rising
                        in hospitals, and children are missing schools
                        due to the infection (kp 07/03/2024) 
                     
            Experts
                        call for community-based strategies for TB
                        prevention, treatment : Nepali health
                        authorities are still in the dark about the
                        whereabouts of around 28,000 estimated TB
                        patients (kp 01/03/2024) 
                     
            No
                        budget to carry out screening for Zika virus
                        despite outbreak risk : Dengue spreading
                        mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus,
                        also transmit Zika and Chikungunya virus, by
                      Arjun Poudel (kp 29/02/2024) 
            Health
                        ministry reports measles in 55 percent of
                        unvaccinated children (rep 29/02/2024) 
                     
            Towards
                        Creating TB-free Nepal, by Pushpa Raj Joshi
                      (rn 28/02/2024) 
                     
            Kathmandu
                        hospitals report rise in seasonal flu and cough
                        infections among children : Doctors advise
                        parents not to wait any longer if the fever in
                        their children persists beyond three days, and
                        to avoid purchasing over-the-counter medicines,
                      by Arjun Poudel (kp 24/02/2024) 
                     
            Scaling
                        Up TB Free Initiative, by Jhabindra Bhandari
                      (rn 02/02/2024) 
                     
            Cough
                        and cold spread in Mugu diagnosed as viral
                        influenza (kh 31/01/2024), ‘Mystery
                        disease’ that killed 3 in Mugu may be flu-Covid
                        combo : Following confirmation of multiple
                        viruses responsible for the outbreak, health
                        ministry deploys an expert team, by Arjun
                      Poudel (kp 31/01/2024) 
                     
            Nepal
                        needs to focus on mass screening to control
                        tuberculosis, say stakeholders : The government
                        data shows that the number of tuberculosis cases
                        was recorded at 37,777 last year, and 37,450
                        cases have been recorded this year (nlt
                      28/01/2024) 
                     
            Govt
                        faces uphill battle to eradicate tuberculosis in
                        Nepal, by Pabitra Sunar (rep 27/01/2024) 
            Risks
                        of JN.1 sub-variant of Covid-19 : Experts say
                        even if the new sub-variant is not as lethal as
                        previous variants, it could give a hard time for
                        elderly people and those having underlying
                        conditions, by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/01/2024)/ 
                     
            Measles
                        cases detected in Jhapa (rep 19/01/2024) 
                     
            Health
                        mini)stry to fast-track purchase of Covid
                        testing kits : Nepal has 19 active coronavirus
                        cases as of Wednesday, according to the ministry
                      (kp 18/01/2024) 
                     
            COVID-19
                        cases  detected in Chitwan after ten months
                      (rep 16/01/2024) 
                     
            Health
                        surveillance increased for COVID-19 along
                        Nepal-India border in Birgunj (rn
                      15/01/2024) 
                     
            Chitwan
                        reports four scrub typhus deaths with 163
                        infections in current fiscal year : In the
                        current fiscal year, there have been 163
                        confirmed cases of scrub typhus out of 3,254
                        tests (nlt 14/01/2024) 
                     
            Sudurpaschim
                        reports nine new COVID-19 cases in three days
                      (kh 13/01/2024) 
                     
            Nepal
                        asks Covax for 2.5 million doses of Covid
                        vaccines : Infectious disease experts urge the
                        public to follow Covid safety protocol—wear face
                        masks, wash hands and avoid crowds, by Arjun
                      Poudel (kp 10/01/2024) 
                     
            COVID-19
                        found among India-returnees (kh 08/01/2024),
                      New
                        variant of Covid-19 virus 'JN.1' detected in
                        Nepal (rep 08/01/2024), JN.1
                        variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Nepal:
                        Understanding the JN.1 variant (kh
                      09/01/2024), Nepal
                        confirms spread of JN.1 : The Covid sub-variant
                        has been confirmed in 7 out of 16 swab samples
                        sent for whole-genome sequencing, by Arjun
                      Poudel (kp 09/01/2024), Tackling
                        the menace of new COVID-19 variant (rep
                      09/01/2024) 
                     
            Covid
                        coming: Nepal is again witnessing coronavirus
                        cases. But there seems to be little preparation
                      (kp 05/01/2024) 
                     
            Medical
                                equipment received in grant during
                                COVID-19 now rendered useless (rep
                              04/01/2024) 
                             
            Health
                                ministry urges public to be cautious as
                                Covid-19 sub variant ‘JN.1’ spreads in
                                India and China (rep 03/01/2024) 
                             
            Most
                                Covid-19 labs across country lack
                                testing kits as threat increases : Cases
                                of coronavirus infection have been
                                detected in people returning from India,
                              by Arjun Poudel (kp 03/01/2024) 
            Covid-19
                                vaccines given by China as grant expire
                                unused, by Pabitra Sunar (rep
                              03/01/2024) 
            
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