Urgent Ante-dengue Steps Needed

Climate change and environmental factors have been largely attributed to the natural calamities and health hazards. Currently Nepal is facing the brunt of the dengue fever. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), dengue is an endemic in Nepal. Since August 2022 the country is experiencing a surge in dengue cases. It is affecting all the seven provinces in the country and is known to be the largest dengue outbreak with regard to the cumulative number of cases reported nationwide per year. According to WHO, the current data suggests that the dengue cases in Nepal are increasing in magnitude and expanding out of the lowland areas, which suits the breeding of the Aedes mosquitoes. This is potentially due to climate changes and rapid urbanisation.