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

EWARS Weekly Bulletin
Week 51, 2025
29th December 2025
Highlights
Among the reported diseases, Number of SARI Cases Reported is the leading cause of morbidity in Week 51 with 447 reported cases.
Overall reporting rate of Week 51 is 95.5% with 128 out of 134 sentinel sites reporting to EWARS.
 Week Summary

This bulletin includes data since January 2023 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 provinces of Nepal were upgraded to sentinel sites, thus the number of sentinel sites have increased. The current number of sentinel sites is 134.
 

Trend of Outbreak Prone Diseases/Syndromes
AGE trend
SARI trend

Comparative Analysis by Disease/Syndrome (Week 51, 2025)

Disease Week 50, 2025
(Previous Week)		 Week 51, 2025
(This Week)		 Change in
No. of Cases		 Week 51, 2024
(Last Year Same Week)
Number of AGE Cases Reported 284287 3 ■ 264
Number of SARI Cases Reported 478447 -31 ■ 639
Number of Confirmed Cholera Cases Reported 00 0 ■ 0
Number of Confirmed Dengue Cases Reported 5845 -13 ■ 77
Number of Confirmed Kala Azar Cases Reported 32 -1 ■ 5
Number of Confirm Malaria Cases Reported 31 -2 ■ 2
■ 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 PARSA (20 cases), KATHMANDU (18 cases), KAVREPALANCHOK (17 cases), KAILALI (13 cases) and LALITPUR (13 cases).
Most of the SARI cases were reported from MORANG (40 cases), KAILALI (34 cases), KATHMANDU (34 cases), RUPANDEHI (28 cases) and CHITAWAN (16 cases).
Cholera case(s) were reported from SIRAHA (1 case).
Malaria case(s) were reported from GORKHA (1 case).
Most of the Dengue cases were reported from KATHMANDU (8 cases), LAMJUNG (7 cases), NAWALPARASI WEST (3 cases), JHAPA (3 cases) and DOLAKHA (2 cases).
Most of the Kala azar cases were reported from KAILALI (1 case), DOLPA (1 case) and KATHMANDU (1 case).
Most of the Scrub Typhus cases were reported from DANG (24 cases), CHITAWAN (9 cases), SALYAN (8 cases), KAILALI (7 cases) and SYANGJA (5 cases).
Most of the Enteric Fever cases were reported from KAILALI (22 cases), KANCHANPUR (7 cases), BAJHANG (7 cases), JHAPA (6 cases) and SARLAHI (5 cases).
Most of the Influenza Like Illness cases were reported from KAILALI (70 cases), SINDHUPALCHOK (52 cases), PARBAT (36 cases), KANCHANPUR (26 cases) and TANAHU (15 cases).

Province Reporting Status (Week 51, 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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