DHANGHADI — Kailali, a Tarai district in the far-western Nepal, continues to record the malaria cases, despite efforts to control this mosquito-borne disease.
A total of 119 malaria patients were found in the fiscal year of 2073-74 BS (last fiscal) in the district, according to the District Public Health Office, Kailali. The district is considered prone to malaria infection. Of the people diagnosed with this disease, most were the returnees working in India, DPHO malaria section chief Uday Shanker Saha said.
However, the last year’s data is lower than the data of the fiscal year 2071-72 BS which was 255. Kailali and its neighbour Kanchanpur remain as the high risk zone for malaria. Of the total patients across the country, 30 percent are in Kalali and 40 percent in Kanchanpur.
The disease considered as a life-threatening disease is transmitted through the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquito. The disease is mostly common in adults.
Chills, headache, fever, sweating and vomiting are its symptoms and the case may turn fatal in the lack of timely treatment. However, the good news is that none has died from malaria in Nepal since 2012. The District Public Health Offices distribute ‘supanet’, treated bed nets and spray insecticides by indentifying high-risk areas. RSS
