Kathmandu, March 6: The days to administer polio drops to children in Parsa and Kailali districts have been rescheduled for March 10 and 11, and 11 and 12 respectively after the special polio immunization programme was affected with the obstruction by the health workers.
The Health Ministry has informed that the programme in 13 other districts was formally launched.
As some districts failed to begin the immunization in time, the programme would last for a week.
The government had set the special polio immunization programme for Kailali, Banke, Bardiya, Kapilvastu, Parasa, Bara, Ruatahat, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Saptari, Siraha, Sunsari and three districts of the Kathmandu Valley.
As per the programme, 1.69 million children under five are being administered the polio drops in these districts.
Programme Officer at Child Health Division under the Ministry, Basant Shrestha, said efforts were on to supply the immunisation materials in the districts which have just begun the programme.
Meanwhile, in view of severe criticisms of the obstruction of the programme by the health workers, various six trade unions have called on the health workers to make the polio drops programme successful. RSS
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