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

EWARS Weekly Bulletin
Week 7, 2025
4th March 2025
Highlights
Among the reported diseases, Influenza Like Illness is the leading cause of morbidity in Week 7 with 776 (probable/suspect/confirm) reported cases.
Overall reporting rate of Week 7 is 97.8% with 131 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 7, 2025)

Disease (Probable/Suspect/Confirm) Week 6, 2025
(Previous Week)		 Week 7, 2025
(This Week)		 Change in
No. of Cases		 Week 7, 2024
(Last Year Same Week)
AGE 287338 51 ■ 261
SARI 778745 -33 ■ 414
Cholera 58 3 ■ 0
Malaria 22 0 ■ 0
Dengue 5968 9 ■ 40
Kala azar 13 2 ■ 6
Scrub Typhus 113120 7 ■ 46
Enteric Fever 5447 -7 ■ 56
Influenza Like Illness 443776 333 ■ 140
■ 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 (34 cases), PARSA (27 cases), KAILALI (18 cases), RUKUM WEST (15 cases) and MAHOTTARI (14 cases).
Most of the SARI cases were reported from KATHMANDU (107 cases), RUPANDEHI (55 cases), MORANG (47 cases), SUNSARI (46 cases) and BAITADI (34 cases).
Most of the Cholera cases were reported from BHOJPUR (4 cases), BAGLUNG (2 cases), ACHHAM (1 case) and KHOTANG (1 case).
Malaria case(s) were reported from NAWALPARASI EAST (1 case) and KASKI (1 case).
Most of the Dengue cases were reported from KATHMANDU (11 cases), KASKI (6 cases), PALPA (4 cases), LALITPUR (3 cases) and SUNSARI (3 cases).
Most of the Kala azar cases were reported from DOTI (1 case), MAKWANPUR (1 case) and PANCHTHAR (1 case).
Most of the Scrub Typhus cases were reported from LAMJUNG (9 cases), DANG (9 cases), CHITAWAN (9 cases), SURKHET (7 cases) and SINDHULI (7 cases).
Most of the Enteric Fever cases were reported from PARSA (5 cases), MAHOTTARI (5 cases), PALPA (4 cases), RAUTAHAT (3 cases) and JHAPA (3 cases).
Most of the Influenza Like Illness cases were reported from SOLUKHUMBU (154 cases), KAILALI (146 cases), SINDHUPALCHOK (89 cases), BHAKTAPUR (84 cases) and BAITADI (70 cases).

Province Reporting Status (Week 7, 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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