BD gets WHO polio-free certificate
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Bangladesh has received World Health Organization (WHO) certificate as a polio-free country. Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mumbai Samina Naz received the certificate from Governor of Maharashtra K Sankaranarayanan in a programme held at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Saturday, said a Foreign Ministry release on Sunday. The event was jointly organised by the Government of Maharashtra, WHO, Aditya Birla Group and Rotary International. Bangladesh has been declared as one of the 10 South Asian Polio-free countries and certified by WHO, according to a news agency.