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

EWARS Weekly Bulletin
Week 19, 2025
18th May 2025
Highlights
Among the reported diseases, AGE is the leading cause of morbidity in Week 19 with 639 reported cases.
Overall reporting rate of Week 19 is 100.0% with 134 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 19, 2025)

Disease Week 18, 2025
(Previous Week)		 Week 19, 2025
(This Week)		 Change in
No. of Cases		 Week 19, 2024
(Last Year Same Week)
AGE 652639 -13 ■ 721
SARI 368348 -20 ■ 378
Cholera 00 0 ■ 0
Dengue 3433 -1 ■ 54
Kala azar 64 -2 ■ 5
Malaria 43 -1 ■ 0
■ Increase in number of cases
■ Decrease in number of cases
■ No change in number of cases
Summary Observation (including probable and suspect cases)
Most of the AGE cases were reported from KATHMANDU (53 cases), PARSA (46 cases), KAILALI (31 cases), RUPANDEHI (28 cases) and RUKUM WEST (23 cases).
Most of the SARI cases were reported from KATHMANDU (24 cases), RUPANDEHI (23 cases), MORANG (17 cases), BAJURA (15 cases) and KAILALI (14 cases).
Most of the Cholera cases were reported from BHAKTAPUR (18 cases), TANAHU (4 cases), BAGLUNG (1 case), MYAGDI (1 case) and CHITAWAN (1 case).
Most of the Malaria cases were reported from KAILALI (2 cases), BAJURA (1 case) and BAGLUNG (1 case).
Most of the Dengue cases were reported from KATHMANDU (6 cases), KANCHANPUR (5 cases), DANG (5 cases), SYANGJA (4 cases) and SUNSARI (3 cases).
Most of the Kala azar cases were reported from DADELDHURA (2 cases), KANCHANPUR (1 case), KALIKOT (1 case), PYUTHAN (1 case) and KATHMANDU (1 case).
Most of the Scrub Typhus cases were reported from DANG (12 cases), SANKHUWASABHA (10 cases), DOTI (8 cases), DADELDHURA (7 cases) and LAMJUNG (7 cases).
Most of the Enteric Fever cases were reported from SARLAHI (10 cases), DADELDHURA (8 cases), KATHMANDU (8 cases), PALPA (6 cases) and JHAPA (5 cases).
Most of the Influenza Like Illness cases were reported from KAILALI (70 cases), KATHMANDU (29 cases), PARBAT (27 cases), RUKUM WEST (24 cases) and SINDHUPALCHOK (22 cases).

Province Reporting Status (Week 19, 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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