Ministry of Health and Population
Department of Health Services
Epidemiology and Disease Control Division

EWARS Weekly Bulletin
Week 1, 2025
12th March 2025
Highlights
Among the reported diseases, SARI is the leading cause of morbidity in Week 1 with 670 (probable/suspect/confirm) reported cases.
Overall reporting rate of Week 1 is 97.0% with 130 out of 134 sentinel sites reporting to EWARS.
 Week Summary

This bulletin includes data since January 2022 till date, including comparison of the same period last two year. In May 2019, 36 new sentinel sites (including public hospitals, private hospitals, and medical colleges) were added and was gradually oriented and started reporting. Recently, in November 2024, 17 reporting sites selected from all the provices of Nepal were upgraded to sentinel sites, thus the number of sentinel sites are increasing. The current number of sentinel sites is 134.
 

Trend of Outbreak Prone Diseases/Syndromes
AGE trend
SARI trend

Comparative Analysis by Disease/Syndrome (Week 1, 2025)

Disease (Probable/Suspect/Confirm) Week 53, 2024
(Previous Week)		 Week 1, 2025
(This Week)		 Change in
No. of Cases		 Week 1, 2024
(Last Year Same Week)
AGE 0301 301 ■ 240
SARI 0670 670 ■ 363
Cholera 043 43 ■ 0
Malaria 02 2 ■ 0
Dengue 0102 102 ■ 57
Kala azar 02 2 ■ 3
Scrub Typhus 087 87 ■ 43
Enteric Fever 060 60 ■ 45
Influenza Like Illness 0333 333 ■ 96
■ Increase in number of cases
■ Decrease in number of cases
■ No change in number of cases
Summary Observation
Most of the AGE cases were reported from KATHMANDU (22 cases), BHAKTAPUR (20 cases), RUPANDEHI (15 cases), PARSA (15 cases) and RUKUM EAST (12 cases).
Most of the SARI cases were reported from KATHMANDU (66 cases), RUPANDEHI (48 cases), SUNSARI (48 cases), MORANG (37 cases) and KAILALI (28 cases).
Most of the Cholera cases were reported from BHAKTAPUR (16 cases), PARBAT (10 cases), ACHHAM (4 cases), KASKI (3 cases) and BHOJPUR (3 cases).
Malaria case(s) were reported from TANAHU (1 case) and KASKI (1 case).
Most of the Dengue cases were reported from JHAPA (23 cases), KASKI (14 cases), KATHMANDU (12 cases), KANCHANPUR (5 cases) and BHAKTAPUR (4 cases).
Kala azar case(s) were reported from ARGHAKHANCHI (1 case) and MORANG (1 case).
Most of the Scrub Typhus cases were reported from DADELDHURA (11 cases), BARDIYA (8 cases), DANG (7 cases), KHOTANG (6 cases) and LAMJUNG (5 cases).
Most of the Enteric Fever cases were reported from DADELDHURA (9 cases), PARSA (6 cases), MAHOTTARI (6 cases), SUNSARI (5 cases) and OKHALDHUNGA (3 cases).
Most of the Influenza Like Illness cases were reported from KAILALI (127 cases), BAITADI (51 cases), ACHHAM (35 cases), KANCHANPUR (23 cases) and SINDHUPALCHOK (22 cases).

Province Reporting Status (Week 1, 2025)

Province Status

Acknowledgement: The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) highly acknowledges the contribution from all the sentinel sites, medical recorders, EWARS focal persons, rapid response team members and technical support from WHO and GIZ for preparation of this bulletin.

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