The six zoonoses like Taeniosis/cysticercosis /Neurocysticercosis, Leptospirosis, Hydatidosis, Brucellosis;Toxoplasmosisand Avian Influenza have been identified as Priorities Zoonotic Diseases in Nepal which are foundas epidemic potentials. More than 35000 people take post exposure treatment in suspicious or rabid animals bite per annum and about 100 people die annually due to rabies. Likewise snake-bite is an important medical emergency and cause of hospital admission. It results in the death or chronic disability of many active younger
People, especially those involved in farming and plantation work and children. Number of case of dog and snake bites is increasing but there is a decreasing trend of death. During the fiscal year 2068/69, number of animal bites reported 37929 and 219651 dose of ARV provided. Similarly the 14768 case of snake bite reported. Among them, 13462 were non poisonous and 867 were poisonous. Among the poisonous bite 79 died and remaining 788 were cured.
Jan 1
Flooding in the rural districts of Bagmati Province creates the classic postdisaster conditions for communicable disease transmission: contamination of drinking-water sources, destruction of latrines, displacement of populations into crowded temporary shelters, interruption of health services and cold chain, expansion of vector breeding habitat, and loss of livestock with associated zoonotic exposure. Floods do not import new pathogens; they amplify the pathogens already endemic in the area. Preparedness must therefore be built on what is known to circulate in Bagmati Province — including the enteric pathogens Vibrio cholerae O1, Salmonella Typhi and hepatitis A and E viruses, together with dengue virus, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Leptospira species, Japanese encephalitis virus, measles virus, and residual foci of malaria and visceral leishmaniasis. Two operational realities shape this plan. First, the interval between exposure and detectable clusters is short for enteric disease (2–14 days) and long for vector-borne and leptospiral disease (2–8 weeks), so surveillance intensity must be sustained well beyond the point at which media and political attention recede. Second, the routine surveillance system will be degraded exactly when it is most needed, because reporting health facilities may be damaged, staff displaced and connectivity lost. Apparent declines in reported cases in the first weeks after a flood are more often artefacts of reporting failure than evidence of control.
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Jan 1
Acute Gastro Enteritis was the highest reported condition, accounting for 721 cases.
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Jan 1
Acute Gastro Enteritis was the highest reported condition, accounting for 667 cases.
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