TYPHOID FEVER AND TUBERCULOSIS- NEPAL

Contaminated water and sanitation problems have led to outbreak of diarrhea in Bajura District, west Nepal and in Morang District, east Nepal. Meanwhile, this year Makawanpur District, central Nepal, witnessed 695 patients suffering from tuberculosis (TB), an increase of 25 percent compared to previous year. Similarly an outbreak of an unidentified disease has been reported in a village in Myagdi District, west Nepal, where around 200 villagers (mostly chidren and elderly people) have fallen ill.
11, 12, 14 May
The Kathmandu Post, The Himalayan Times