Kathmandu, Bagmati Province - WHO, Country Office for Nepal, organized a virtual orientation session on scrub typhus, a vector-borne disease caused by a bacteria, Orientia tsutsugamushi, and transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected larval mites. The orientation sessions were provided to over 50 WHO field officers on the diagnosis, management, prevention, and control of scrub typhus in Nepal. The WHO field officers who are the first point of contact between WHO, Country Office for Nepal, and the health officials in the provinces/districts will now provide the first level support in their respective provinces for any technical matters related to scrub typhus. WHO will continue to support the capacity-building of health workers in Nepal for early diagnosis, proper management, prevention, and control of this disease which is increasingly being reported in Nepal in recent years.