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)

 
  1. Note: *Kalikot district of the Karnali province reporting VL incidence > 1 per 10,000 population over the past six years.