Kathmandu, Feb. 27:The second phase special polio immunisation campaign concluded here today after administering polio drops to 82 per cent of the targeted 2,500,000 children under five years of age in 33 districts of the Kingdom, according to the Department of Health Services, Children’s Health Division.

Under today’s programme polio drops were given to children in 20 districts in  the terai, four in the inner terai, three in Kathmandu valley and the vdcs adjoining the metropolis, sub metropolis and municipalities  of the Kathmandu Valley  and the vdcs and municipalities adjoining the indian border in  six districts in the western mountain and hill districts.

The 20 Terai districts were Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Saptari, Siraha, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Mahottari, Dhanusha, Bara, Parsa, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Kapilbastu, Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur.

Likewise, the four inner terai districts were Udayapur, Sindhuli, Makawanpur, and Surkhet.

The six mountain and hill districts were Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam, Darchula, Baitadi and Dadeldhura.

Altogether 11,222 health workers and  40,000 volunteers  actively participated in 9,792 vaccination centres in the 1,532 vdcs and 41 municipalities  under today’s programme. There is also a programme for acquiring information through door to door visit the next day by mobilizing 31,628  volunteers and health workers  to make it sure that everyone in the target group has been immunized.