Kathmandu, Dec. 5 -- Nepal's fight against malaria is complicated by the ongoing presence of the disease in India, experts say, as the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a sharp increase in locally transmitted cases and two deaths in Nepal in 2024.

Besides the two deaths, 37 people were infected with locally transmitted malaria in Nepal last year, according to the WHO report.

The "World malaria report 2025" by the UN's apex health body published on Thursday shows that cases of indigenous malaria or locally transmitted malaria rose by 146.7 percent in 2024 compared to 2023, when only 15 cases of indigenous malaria were detected and no one had died.

What has alarmed doctors as well as entomologists is that a more ...