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How Nepal hit its 100% immunisation target
20 August 2025
This year, for the first time in the history of Nepal’s National Immunization Program, all 77 districts of the country declared themselves “fully immunised” – meaning that all children aged under two had officially received their recommended vaccines.
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Over a million girls turn out for Nepal's first HPV vaccine campaign
21 February 2025
Nearly 1.5 million girls in Nepal are now protected from cervical cancer, with millions more to be shielded in coming years.
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A deadly disease of the lowlands has moved into Nepal’s hill zones
31 January 2025
Visceral leishmaniasis, also called kala-azar, is spread by sandflies and was historically endemic to warmer, lowland environments. Since 2016, however, cases have been reported even in seasonally snowbound parts of the country.
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In Nepal, climate change is shadowed by two decades of surging dengue
22 November 2024
Nepal recorded its first, lone case of dengue in 2004. Twenty years later, major outbreaks land each and every monsoon.
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New rapid diagnostics kits ease Nepal’s fight against endemic cholera
19 July 2024
Quicker outbreak response, less panic, and freer hospital beds: as new screening kits roll out, health workers in Nepal foresee a big impact on the “notorious bacterium”.
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Travelling horseback through Himalayas: Getting vaccines to people in Nepal
15 June 2024
In remote Tsum Nubri, a public health inspector trekked for three days on horseback to vaccinate children and ensure full immunisation coverage in Gorkha district.

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