Study area
Gandaki province is one of the seven provinces of Nepal and is located
in the western part of Nepal. More than 2.4 million people live in this
province and is one of the most important tourist destinations in Nepal.
The provincial government of the Gandaki has declared that this province
is self-sufficient in milk, meat, and egg products. There are 11
districts in the Gandaki province including Kaski and Tanahun districts
from where the outbreaks of LSD have been confirmed.
In Gandaki province, LSD outbreak has been confirmed from the Pokhara
metropolitan region and Annapurna rural municipality of Kaski district
and Vyas municipality of Tanahun district (Figure 1).