Bangladesh received WHO (World Health Organization) Certificate for a Polio free country. The Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mumbai, India, Ms. Samina Naz received this certificate from the Hon’ble Government of Maharashtra H.E. Mr. K. Sankaranarayanan in a programme held in Darbar Hall of Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, yesterday.

The programme was jointly organized by the Government of Maharashtra, WHO, Aditya Birla Group and Rotary International.

Bangladesh has been declared as one of the ten South Asian Polio free countries  and certified by WHO.