Table 1 Trends of VL cases with reporting districts and provinces, 2017–2022.
From: Utility of microstratification to identify hotspots for visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal
Province | No. of districts | No. of districts with VL cases (No. of VL cases) | No. of districts with VL incidence > 1 per 10,000 population over six years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||
Koshi | 14 | 7(30) | 7(26) | 7(22) | 5(13) | 5(17) | 11(27) | 0 |
Madhesh | 8 | 6 (16) | 7(23) | 6(14) | 3(6) | 5(10) | 4(11) | 0 |
Bagmati | 13 | 5(10) | 8(14) | 7(12) | 3(6) | 6(7) | 4(6) | 0 |
Gandaki | 11 | 1(4) | 2(3) | 3(6) | 3(6) | 2(3) | 2(4) | 0 |
Lumbini | 12 | 7(30) | 10(37) | 12(49) | 7(21) | 9(25) | 9(30) | 0 |
Karnali | 10 | 9(23) | 6(36) | 9(42) | 6(27) | 8(54) | 9(69) | 1 * |
SudurPaschim | 9 | 6(15) | 7(23) | 9(34) | 8(43) | 8(49) | 7(47) | 0 |
Total of all provinces | 77 | 41(128) | 47(162) | 53(179) | 35(122) | 43(165) | 46(194) | |