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Diarrhea outbreak kills 7, hundreds ill (kp 24/07/2008)

Encephalitis vaccine test effective, patients decrease, by Janak Nepal (kp 23/07/2008)

Cured patients spread awareness on TB (ht 11/07/2008)

Rautes die of diarrhoea, by Pushkar Thapa (ht 10/07/2008)

Malaria on rise in Makwanpur (kp 09/07/2008)

Measles outbreak in Doti (ht 09/07/2008)

Mysterious disease claims 4 lives (kp 09/07/2008)

Bhairahawa, Butwal dengue-prone: Study (ht 08/07/2008)

VDC suffers from mystery disease, by Krishna Thapa (kp 01/07/2008), Many fall ill as mystery disease hits remote VDC in Rasuwa district (nn 01/07/2008)

Diarrhea claims 6 lives in remote Jumla (nn 28/06/2008)

One-third population facing risk of kala-azar: Report, by Rabin Giri (ht 24/06/2008)

Canada, US and Nepal experts discuss Nepal's infectious diseases (nn 23/06/2008)

Encephalitis kills one, four hospitalized, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 17/06/2008), Encephalitis breaks out in Kailali (ht 17/06/2008)

TB shadows entire village, by Pradeep Myangbo (kp 15/06/2008), Tuberculosis terror (kp 16/06/2008)

Dysentery patients inundate hospital (kp 15/06/2008)

9 die of diarrhea, fever in month (kp 28/05/2008), Diarrhea grips entire village (nn 02/06/2008)

Over 60 malaria patients identified (kp 19/05/2008)

Bird flu alert in Jhapa (ht 16/05/2008), Bird-flu risk in 6 districts (kp 23/05/2008)

Diarrhea tops summer disease list, by Shreejana Shrestha (kp 11/05/2008), Diarrhea kills 3, dozen ill (kp 15/05/2008)

Diarrhoea claims six lives in Kalikot (ht 02/05/2008)

Mosquito Menace: Malaria has returned with a bang threatening the lives of people, especially in rural areas (sp 02/05/2008)

Campaign to check water borne diseases, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 27/04/2008)

Malaria looms large in Bardiya (kp 25/05/2008), Be alert against malaria: experts (kp 25/04/2008), Malaria alert in Morang (ht 25/04/2008), Malaria risk high in Nepal (nn 25/04/2008)

Diarrhoea outbreak in Siraha (ht 24/04/2008)

Kala-azar grips Sarlahi village (ht 18/04/2008), Kala-azar grips Sarlahi; drugs in short supply, by Shankar Shrestha (ht 20/04/2008), 45 kala-azar cases spotted in Sarlahi pocket (ht 24/04/2008)

TB hits entire settlement (kp 28/03/2008)

Word TB Day: I Am Stopping TB, by Balaram Chaulagain (rn 24/03/2008), 45 pc people infected with TB, claims NTP (ht 25/03/2008), 45 % of total population infected with TB (kp 27/03/2008)

10 infected by dangerous malaria (kp 21/02/2008)

Bird flu: Destination Nepal? (kp 01/02/2008), Avian Influenza And Human Infection, by Kedar Karki (rn 13/02/2008)

Nepal bans poultry import from India fearing bird flu (Xinhua 21/01/2008), No bird flu here, say officials (nn 26/01/2008), Bird flu alert in bordering districts (nn 27/01/2008), Bird flu alert issued (kp 28/01/2008), Govt says high alert being exercised to prevent bird flu (nn 29/01/2008)

No mechanism in Nepal to check bird flu, by Upendra Pokharel (kp 17/01/2008)

Polio threat still real (kp 29/12/2007)

Waterborne Diseases Killing 13,000 Kids Every Year (ht 20/11/2007)

Cholera outbreaks in Nepal after 10 years' eradication (Xinhua 25/10/2007)

Diarrhea claims 10 more lives in three districts (nn 25/10/2007), 10 new deaths reported, toll hits 36
Diarrhea turns epidemic (kp 25/10/2007), Deadly diarrhea (kp 25/10/2007), ‘Diarrhea not yet epidemic’ (kp 26/10/2007), 2 more die, toll climbs to 38 (kp 26/10/2007), Diarrhea claims 3 more lives, toll hits 41 (kp 27/10/2007), Diarrhea claims 3 more lives, toll soars to 48 (kp 31/10/2007), Over 200 killed as diarrhoea stalks Nepal (eBiology News 31/10/2007)

26 die as diarrhea sweeps two districts, by Tula Ram Pandey and Rabindra Upreti (kp 24/10/2007)

24 VDCs severely plagued: Diarrhea toll in Dhanusha reaches 19, by Shyam Sundar Shahi (kp 18/10/2007), Diarrhea toll hits 19, by Jitendra Khadka (kp 19/10/2007), Diarrhea death toll rises to 23 in Nepal (samn 22/10/2007)

Dysentery claims 16 in Kalikot; 3 die in Rautahat (nn 18/10/2007)

Diarrhea claims 3 in Kapilvastu (kp 09/10/2007), Diarrhea kills 4 in Mahottari (kp 14/10/2007), 2 die of diarrhea in Rajbiraj (kp 16/10/2007)

Dysentery claims seven in southern Nepal (Xinhua 08/10/2007)

Diarrhea claims 11 in three districts (kp 05/10/2007), Diarrhea causing havoc in Terai (nn 05/10/2007)

Diarrhea claims four in Sunsari (nn 01/10/2007)

Encephalitis claims seven in Nepalgunj (nn 27/09/2007)

Cholera outbreak kills 1, leaves 200 sick in central Nepal (pd 21/09/2007)

Diarrhea toll 3 in Rautahat, by Shiva Puri (kp 20/09/2007), 3 die of diarrhea in Sarlahi (kp 22/09/2007), Diarrhea kills 5 in mid-western Nepal (Xinhua 23/09/2007)

5 die of unknown disease in remote villages of western Nepal (Xinhua 08/09/2007), Unidentified disease kills 5 in Bajura, by Arjun Shah (kp 09/09/2007)

Encephalitis claims 4 lives in mid-western Nepal (pd 08/09/2007), 41 die of encephalitis in eastern Nepal (Xinhua 11/09/2007)

Diarrhea toll 4 in Bajura, by Arjun Shah (kp 22/08/2007), 10 died of diarrhea in mid-western Nepal (pd 27/08/2007), 4 die of diarrhoea in mid-western Nepal (pd 30/08/2007)

Encephalitis claims two in Jhapa (nn 15/08/2007)

Mystery disease kills 11 in Dang (samn 13/08/2007)

12 succumb to diarrhoea in Salyan (nn 29/07/2007), 12 die of diarrhea, hundreds taken ill (kp 30/07/2007), Doctors prepare to fight waterborne disease in flood-hit southern Nepal (iht 30/07/2007), Medical teams to be dispatched to control epidemic (nn 31/07/2007), Seven die of diarrhea in Jajarkot (nn 03/08/2007), Diarrhea outbreak in Nuwakot and Sarlahi turns severe (nn 05/08/2007), Dysentery, cholera grip Bardiya (samn 06/08/2007), Diarrhea toll 6 in farwest (kp 07/08/2007)

Govt warns against water-borne diseases (kp 29/07/2007)

Viral fever spreads in Terai districts (samn 25/07/2007), Cases of viral fever, malaria on rise (kp 278/07/2007)

Waterborne diseases dog valley denizens (samn 13/07/2007)

Nepal develops more effective drug for typhoid (Xinhua 13/07/2007)

Monsoon causes gastro outbreak (samn 05/07/2007)

19 cholera cases in Ktm, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 29/06/2007)

Common cold claims six, hundreds ill in Kalikot village (nn 24/06/2007), Mystery disease kills 35 kids in Kalikot (samn 25/06/2007)

Diarrhoea kills 20 kids in Kalikot village, by Tularam Pandey (kp 19/06/2007), Diarrhoea claims lives of 20 kids in Kalikot (nn 20/06/2007), Diarrhea affects 200 villagers (kp 21/06/2007), Diarrhea toll hits 30 in Kalikot, by Tularam Pandey (kp 22/06/2007), Diarrhea epidemic continues, by Shiva Puri (kp 23/06/2007), Number of diarrhoea, cholera cases down (samn 23/06/2007)

Rabies cases up (kp 21/05/2007)

Kala-azar kills four (samn 21/05/2007), Kala-azar toll hits 4: Locals blame hospital carelessness, by Shiva Puri (kp 22/05/2007), Kala-azar cases end up on floor, by Aman Koirala (kp 27/05/2007), Spurt in kala-azar cases in Sarlahi (kp 04/06/2007)

Nepal witnesses 40,000 TB patients additional every year (Xinhua 20/05/2007)

Conjunctivitis cases on rise in Valley (samn 19/05/2007)

4 die of dysentery, 40 fall ill in central Nepal (Xinhua 14/05/2007)

Unknown disease claims 4, 5 hospitalized (kp 19/04/2007)

Kalazaar cases increasing in Mahottari (samn 01/04/2007), Hospitals overcrowded with kala-azar patients (kp 06/04/2007), Kalaazar patients on rise in Sarlahi (samn 09/04/2007), Number of kala-zar patients goes up (samn 16/04/2007), Nepal's bordering towns witness sharp rise in Kala-azar patients (pd 16/04/2007), Kala-azar disease spread under control in eastern Nepal (People's Daily 26/04/2007)

Unknown disease kills 5, by D R Pant(kp 27/03/2007), Mystery disease spreads in far west (samn 27/03/2007)

Unknown disease claims 1, affects 100, by D R Panta (kp 19/03/2007)

Japan aid for JE vaccines goes unused, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 17/03/2007)

Kala-azar claims five in Saptari (kp 01/03/2007), Kala-azar grips Saptari VDCs (samn 14/03/2007), Kala-azar claims one, dozens sick, by Lila Baral (kp 16/03/2007)

Trachoma patients’ number on rise: study (samn 25/02/2007)

New drug for Kala-azar (kp 21/02/2007)

More malaria patients identified, by Janak Nepal (kp 06/02/2007)

No respite from cerebral malaria (samn 24/12/2006)

Leprosy to be eliminated in two years (samn 07/12/2006)

Mystery disease claims 7 lives in Solukhumbu (nn 25/11/2006), ‘Mystery illness’ kills 7 in Solukhumbu, by Tika Bhatta (kp 25/11/2006)

Typhoid outbreaks in central Nepal (samn 07/11/2006), Typhoid epidemic (samn 15/11/2006)

Kala-azar kills 3 (kp 07/11/2006)

Meningitis kills 3 in S Nepal (Xinhua 05/11/2006)

11 malaria patients under observation (samn 05/11/2006), 226 infected with Malaria (samn 10/11/2006)

Dengue threat, by Som P Pudasaini (kp 02/11/2006), Over dozen dengue cases diagnosed, by Kamal Panthi (kp 17/11/2006), Dengue virus (kp 18/11/2006)

Unidentified disease claims over 12 lives, by Janak Nepal (kp 30/10/2006), ‘Unknown’ illness turns out to be many more ailments (kp 01/11/2006), Banke epidemic is ‘cerebral malaria’ (kp 02/11/2006)

Two youths of Bara district die of dengue fever (nn 29/10/2006)

Indian doctors find Ghimire dengue affected, by Janak Nepal (kp 22/10/2006)

Diarrhea kills 2 in Dhading, over 50 ill, by Rajendra Pratap Shah (kp 17/10/2006)

Siraha DPHO least bothered about dengue prevention, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 16/10/2006),  Returning Nepali worker dies, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 17/10/2006)

Nepal reports first dengue death (Hindu 15/10/2006)

Dengue detected in Nepali student (Peninsula 15/10/2006)

No dengue virus found, by Janak Nepal (kp 14/10/2006),  Docs warn of dengue outbreak (samn 14/10/2006)

‘Mystery disease’ claims eight lives in Dadeldhura (nn 14/10/2006), 8 die of ‘mystery disease’, 400 sick (kp 15/10/2006),  Unknown disease kills 6 in Dadeldhura (samn 15/10/2006)

Diarrhea kills 4, over 40 bed-ridden, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 13/10/2006)

800 die in TB related deaths in Nepal in 2005-06 (pd 11/10/2006)

Pneumonic children on rise in Morang (kp 09/10/2006)

Typhoid affects over 100, by Surendra Subedi (kp 08/10/2006)

‘No dengue in Chitwan’, by Binod Tripathi (kp 07/10/2006),  Nepal's border areas put on dengue alert (samn 08/10/2006), ‘Dengue may come in by air’, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 11/10/2006), Nepal to launch anti-dengue fever programs (pd 11/10/2006),  Govt to launch drive against Dengue (samn 11/10/2006),  Team to be dispatched to test dengue cases (nn 12/10/2006), Health agencies on dengue alert (kp 12/10/2006), Dengue Virus Arrives in Nepal: Districts bordering India are on high alert, by Shekhar K.C . (0n 12/10/2006), Six feared down with dengue in Nepal (Gulf Times 12/10/2006), 3 ‘dengue patients’ referred to Lucknow (samn 12/10/2006)), Dengue experts to visit health facilities (kp 13/10/2006)

60 suffering from diarrhea in central Nepal (pd 05/10/2006),  Diarrhoea spreading in Kavre’s village (samn 05/10/2006)

Nepal seeking funds for campaign against Japanese Encephalitis (pd 22/09/2006)

No vaccine for 138 rabies cases (kp 03/09/2006)

JE claims 3 lives (kp 23/08/2006)

Unidentified disease kills 14 (kp 19/08/2006)

Malaria affects hundreds in Dadeldhura, 14 hospitalized, by D R Panta (kp 13/08/2006)

Seven children die of diarrhea in remote Mugu village (nn 07/08/2006), 7 children die of diarrhea in mid-western Nepal (pd 08/08/2006)

Dailekh polio case alarms officials (samn 07/08/2006)

12 dead in a month: Famine, gastroenteritis plague Bajura, by Motilal Poudel (kp 06/08/2006)

Viral fever hits Ilam villages, by Benupraj Bhattarai (kp 06/08/2006)

JE vaccination delay may spell disaster, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 03/08/2006), 2 die of Encephalitis, Meningitis in eastern Nepal (pd 03/08/2006), JE claims 3 lives, dozens more affected (kp 04/08/2006)

Three die of diarrhea in Doti district, by Dil Bahadur Chhantyal (kp 30/07/2006)

Viral fever strikes Gulmi, Tanahun, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 30/07/2006)

Contaminated water, garbage increase risk: Health experts warn of cholera menace, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 27/07/2006)

Seven die due to unidentified disease in Sankhuwasabha (nn 26/07/2006)

Alert against cholera (kp 24/07/2006)

Malaria patients deprived of medicines (samn 20/07/2006)

Gates’ move to log out Kala-azar, the poor’s nightmare (Newindpress 11/07/2006)

Viral fever spreads in Jhapa (samn 10/07/2006), Respiratory illness grips refugee camps (nn 11/07/2006)

Viral influenza hits Bhutanese refugee camps, by Madhav Ghimire (kp 08/07/2006)

64 malaria cases found in central Nepal (People's Daily 02/07/2006)

Seven children die of dysentery in Kavre (nn 30/06/2006)

Jaundice cases on rise in capital (samn 24/06/2006)

3 kids die of kalaazar in central Nepal (People's Daily 10/05/2006)

2 out of 10,000 suffer from leprosy in Nepal (People's Daily 08/05/2006)

Considerable rise in kala-azar cases (kp 07/05/2006)

Jaundice kills 2, over 3,000 infected (kp 05/05/2006)

World TB Day being observed (nt 24/03/2006), 800 suffering from TB in Hetauda World TB Day (kp 25/03/2006)

Broader plan soon to curb encephalitis in Nepal (People's Daily 22/03/2006)

24 killed by viral influenza in Humla (ko 13/01/2006)

CVICT treats mystery illness victims (kp 08/01/2006)

Japanese Encephalitis in India and Nepal, 24 Oct 2005 (rw 25/10/2005)

New Japanese encephalitis vaccine provides months of protection (My DNA 14/10/2005)

Encephalitis kills over 200 in six months (nn 13/09/2005), Encephalitis claims 200 in Nepal (BBC News 13/09/2005), Japanese encephalitis toll rises to 271 (nn 20/09/2005)

Encephalitis deaths on the rise (Relief Web 09/09/2005), Encephalitis toll continues to rise (samn 10/09/2005)

Nepal/India: A fact file on Japanese encephalitis (Relief Web 08/09/2005)

Sheer negligence (kp 27/08/2005)

Japanese Encephalitis claims 20 lives in Kailali in two weeks (nn 20/08/2005), Encephalitis toll hits 41 (kp 22/08/2005), Encephalitis toll 35 in Kailali (kp 26/08/2005), Nearly 100 die of encephalitis (nn 30/08/2005), 5 more encephalitis deaths: Toll exceeds 100 in west terai, by Sudarshan Rijal (kp 31/08/2005), Encephalitis toll reaches 140 (nn 02/09/2005), Encephalitis kills 286 in Nepal (People's Daily 05/09/2005), Japanese Encephalitis toll reaches 286 (nn 05/09/2005), Encephalitis claims 8 more lives (kp 08/09/2005)

Encephalitis kills eight in Kailali, dozens infected (nn 16/08/2005)

Life after leprosy: Patients may be cured of infection but still face the stigma, by Naresh Newar (nt 12/08/2005)

Diarrhoeal diseases still a major health problem (an 08/08/2005)

Food, water-borne diseases cause 3,000 deaths in Nepal (People's Daily 08/08/2005)

Typhoid outbreak in Tanahu (samn 30/07/200)

Gastroenteritis claims 12, hundreds affected, by Jay Bahadur Rokaya (kp 12/07/2005)

Taplejung hit by dysentery (samn 26/06/2005)

Mystery disease, diarrhea claim 22 lives (kp 15/06/2005), Mysterious Disease Kills 22 in Western Nepal (Recombinomics 16/06/2005)

Living with leprosy (Reuters AlertNet 02/06/2005)

Entire village afflicted with Hepatitis B, by Prabhakar Ghimire & Narayan Sharma (kp 28/05/2005)

Kala-azar disease prevalent in lowland region (Reuters AlertNet 24/05/2005)

Experts warn of rapid spread of Kala-azar in Terai (ht 25/04/2005)

Tuberculosis still a public health menace (Reuters AlertNet 21/04/2005)

Kala-azar now spreading to eastern hilly districts, by Robin Giri (ht 19/04/2005)

Awareness brings leprosy prevalence rate down, by Indira Aryal (rn 31/01/2005), Eliminating Leprosy (rn 31/01/2005)

Nepal falling behind with leprosy control (kp 08/01/2005), Leprosy rate down thanks to multiple-drug therapy (rn 08/01/2005)

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