A dengue patient being treated in an infectious disease hospital. Credit: Pragya Timsina

In Nepal, climate change is shadowed by two decades of surging dengue

Nepal recorded its first, lone case of dengue in 2004. Twenty years later, major outbreaks land each and every monsoon. 

22 Nov 2024
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A vaccination team going on a boat (locally made with plastic barrels) to vaccinate children against typhoid in Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, following flooding in 2022. Credit: Gavi/2022/Asad Zaidi

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