Kathmandu, Mar. 26: Around 80 per cent of the children in the target group were adMinistered polio drops till 3:30 pm today under the special polio vaccination campaign in various parts of the country.
A target has been set to administer polio drops to about 2.5 million children below five years of age in 33 districts of the country including 20 in the Terai, four in inner Terai, six in the mountainous and hilly regions in the east and west border and three districts in Kathmandu valley.
Altogether 11,222 health workers and 40,000 volunteers are directly involved in the vaccination programme run through 9,792 vaccination centres in 1,532 vdcs and 41 municipalities.
Office-bearers from local ddcs, metropolis and sub-metropolis, municipalities, vdcs, social workers, government and corporation employees, ngos, teachers, Nepal Police, Royal Nepalese Army also provided their cooperation in making the programme successful.
Under the programme a “door-to-door” visit programme will also be organised tomorrow for children who missed today’s programme. Some 31,628 volunteers and health workers will go from door to door and administer polio drops to those left out today.
Prior to this, the special polio vaccination campaign was organised on Jan. 23 and Feb. 27, 2000.
In Birgunj, Minister for Science and Technology Surendra Prasad Chaudhary inaugurated a polio surgery camp here today.
The camp was jointly organised by the Sri Krishna Pranami Sewa Samiti and Marwadi Sewa Trust Birgunj.
On the occasion, Mr Chaudhary said social workers command more respect and prestige from the people than politicians.
Stating that man reaps what he sows and organising such camp is a noble work, he said His Majesty’s Government has given top priority to polio eradication.
Dr Adinarayan Rao, Dr Bapi Raju and others also expressed their views on the occasion.
Operations will be performed on some 400 polio patients in the camp, and a team of 20 doctors is at work. Local doctors will monitor the condition of the patients who will undergo surgical operations.