Nepal: 2024 Cholera

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Source: https://kathmandupost.com/health/20...-only-from-districts-with-active-surveillance

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.
Arjun Poudel
Published at : August 1, 2024
Updated at : August 1, 2024 06:44
Kathmandu

At least 20 diarrhoeal patients—12 from Lalitpur, eight from Kailali and two from Kathmandu—were found to have contracted cholera recently.

People residing in other districts may have also been infected with the deadly disease, but due to absence of an active cholera surveillance programme in most of the districts, no one knows what is going on.

“Active cholera surveillance is being carried out only in the three districts of the Valley—Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur—and in Kailali,” said Dr Hemanta Chandra Ojha, an official at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division. “We have a system in place in other districts as well but intensive surveillance is being carried out in Kathmandu Valley and in Kailali only.”...

 

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Source: https://english.khabarhub.com/2024/03/368495/

Two new Cholera cases detected in Lalitpur, total reaches 25
Khabarhub
03 August 2024​

KATHMANDU: Two more individuals have been diagnosed with cholera in Lalitpur in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cholera cases to 25 across the country, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP)...

 

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Cholera spreads to five districts in Nepal; 47 cases confirmed nationwide
Published On: August 10, 2024 04:58 PM NPT By: Republica​

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: The cases of cholera have now spread to five districts across Nepal, with 47 confirmed cases reported so far.

According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, the waterborne disease has been detected in Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Kailali, Pyuthan, and Rupandehi districts.

Lalitpur has reported the highest number of cases, with 34, followed by Kailali with eight, Kathmandu and Pyuthan with two each, and Rupandehi with one...


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Source: https://english.khabarhub.com/2024/20/386336/

Cholera cases in Nepal rise to 58 as three new infections reported
Khabarhub
20 August 2024​

KATHMANDU: Three new cases of cholera have been confirmed in Kathmandu, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 58, according to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division.

Lalitpur remains the most affected area, with 41 cases reported.​..

 

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Source: https://asianews.network/cholera-re...icts-declared-open-defecation-free-years-ago/

Cholera resurfaces in Nepali districts declared open defecation-free years ago
The Vibrio cholera 01 Ogawa serotype has been confirmed in the stool samples of the infected patients. Doctors say that detected cases of cholera infection could be just the tip of the iceberg, as most positive cases are being reported from the districts with active surveillance.
Arjun Poudel
The Kathmandu Post​



September 27, 2024

KATHMANDU – Five years ago, on September 30, 2019, when KP Sharma Oli was prime minister for the second time, the government declared the entire country open-defecation free amid much fanfare. However, years later, thousands of people from across the country are getting infected with diarrheal diseases, including scores from cholera.

Rautahat is among the nine districts reporting cholera outbreaks this year. Ward 4 of Rajpur Municipality has reported over 100 cases of diarrheal infection and hospitalisation. However, the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division said only 12 people from the municipality had so far contracted cholera.

“Over 100 diarrheal patients from the municipality’s ward 4 have been hospitalised,” Khusid Ahmad, a health worker at the municipality, told the Post over the phone from Rautahat. “Contaminated drinking water could be the culprit for the cholera outbreak there. Samples of drinking water collected from affected areas have been sent for lab tests.”

Apart from Rautahat, eight other districts—Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Kailali, Pyuthan, Makawanpur, Rolpa, Sindhupalchok, and Achham—have also reported cholera outbreaks this year. So far, the number of diarrheal patients who have contracted cholera is 95. Interestingly, most of the districts that have witnessed outbreaks of deadly cholera this year had years ago been declared open defecation-free.

The Vibrio cholera 01 Ogawa serotype has been confirmed in the stool samples of the infected patients. Doctors say that detected cases of cholera infection could be just the tip of the iceberg, as most positive cases are being reported from the districts with active surveillance...


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