By Nepal News Correspondent

Kathmandu, October 10:

Minister for Health Dr Ram Baran Yadav said that Nepal did not record even a single new case of polio in the last two years. Minister Yadav said that it was due to the success of anti-polio vaccination drive of the government in the last three years.

Dr Yadav said this in a seminar of local bodies representatives on Fourth Polio-Immunization Programme being launched by the government in cooperation from World Health Organization and Unicef.

Nepal launched three nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaigns to give oral vaccination to children under 5. Minister Yadav said the success of government’s nationwide vaccination campaign was due to growing health awareness among people.
Prior to the polio vaccination programme, thousands of Nepalese children used to get disabled every year because of polio disease. Nepal has pledged to eradicate polio within a couple years.