Singh and colleagues discuss the HIV epidemic in Nepal, including the local and international response from the health and development community.

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NT elimination was achieved in 2005 in Nepal, but activities must continue and be strengthened to ensure that NT incidence will not increase in the future. The introduction and further expansion of school-based immunization will, in combination with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine given in infancy, reduce the need for future cohorts of childbearing age women to be immunized at every pregnancy. However, booster doses will still need to be given in early adulthood to ensure ongoing protection.