Feb 23
This document presents a structured Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) conducted at the local level to evaluate public health threats, system readiness, and response capacity. It outlines the methodology used to identify hazards, assess exposure and vulnerability, and determine risk magnitude through qualitative and semi-quantitative scoring. The report analyzes local epidemiological patterns, health system resources, surveillance functionality, and community risk factors. Findings priority hazards, gaps in preparedness, and operational constraints affecting timely detection and response. The document concludes with targeted recommendations to strengthen local preparedness, enhance coordination mechanisms, improve data flow, and build response capacity for future outbreaks and emergencies.
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Feb 23
This document describes a comprehensive alert and response framework designed to ensure early detection, timely notification, and rapid response to public health events. It defines surveillance structures, reporting pathways, verification procedures, and escalation thresholds across different administrative levels. The framework details roles and responsibilities of health authorities, rapid response teams, laboratories, and coordination bodies. It emphasizes standardized timelines, performance monitoring indicators, and decision-making protocols for outbreak management. The framework aims to improve system efficiency, reduce response delays, and strengthen integrated public health emergency management through clear operational guidance and accountability mechanisms.
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Feb 9
Orientation reference material for community-based disease surveillance systems
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Feb 9
Community-Based Disease Surveillance System Facilitator's Guide
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Feb 9
National Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Guideline, 2082
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Jan 28
This is an Interim guideline for sample collection and testing Algorithm for Nipah Virus detection in Nepal.
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Dec 30
Preamble Pursuant to Section 49 of the Public Health Service Act, 2075 (2018), in cases where listed infectious diseases or unforeseen public health events occur, information shall be communicated to the concerned authority within the prescribed time frame. This obligation is to ensure the collection, reporting, analysis, communication, and response relating to infectious diseases and public health events, as well as to conduct continuous disease surveillance in accordance with the International Health Regulations, 2005 (IHR 2005), under which certain diseases must be reported immediately at the international level. Accordingly, in exercise of the authority conferred by Section 64 of the Act, the Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services hereby updated the EWARS Standard Operating Procedure 2025.
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Dec 29
प्रस्तावना: जनस्वास्थ्य सेवा ऐन २०७५ को दफा ४९ ले व्यवस्था गरे बमोजिम सूचीकृत गरिएका सङ्‍क्रामक रोग र जनस्वास्थ्य सम्बन्धी अनपेशित घटना देखिएमा सो को जानकारी सम्बन्धित निकायमा तोकिएको समयावधिभर सूचना सम्प्रेषण गरी सङ्‍क्रामक रोग तथा जनस्वास्थ्य घटनाको सूचना सङ्‍कलन, प्रतिवेदन, विश्लेषण, सञ्चार र प्रतिकार्य गर्न तथा अन्त्तराष्ट्रिय स्वास्थ्य नियमावली २००५ (International Health Regulations 2005) अनुरुप निरन्त्तर रुपमा रोग निगरानी गरी केही रोगहरुलाई तत्कालै अन्त्तराष्ट्रिय तहमा प्रतिवेदन गर्नुपर्ने दायित्व रहेकोले, ऐनको दफा ६४ ले दिएको अधिकार प्रयोग गरी स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसङ्‍ख्या मन्त्रालयले यो निर्देशिका जारी गरेको छ।
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Sep 23
A well-coordinated and reliable system for the collection and transportation of clinical and environmental specimens are required for effective outbreak control. This manual outlines a structured national framework that connects the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD), Provincial Health Directorates, Rapid Response Teams, and laboratories at all levels—public and private—under the technical leadership of the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL). It provides clear guidance to ensure that specimens are collected, packaged, labeled, stored, and transported in a manner that preserves their integrity, maintains chain of custody, and adheres to established biosafety and biosecurity standards. This document defines referral pathways, coordination mechanisms, and roles within the broader alert, response, and surveillance systems. As a dynamic and complementary resource aligned with existing disease-specific and regulatory guidelines, this manual supports timely diagnosis, strengthens surveillance, and enhances evidence-based public health decision-making. Adherence to these standardized procedures is therefore essential to ensure the accuracy of laboratory results, safeguard health workers and communities, and enable prompt and effective public health actions.
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