The CORE Group Polio Project has been active in Nepal since 2001.

Partners of CGPP in Nepal:

* Care Nepal
* Save the Children
* Plan
* World Vision
* Adventist Development and Relief Agency

Nepal CGPP Baseline Survey report

Background

Nepal's excellent public health system with a government-sanctioned network of community health volunteers (Female Community Health Volunteers - FCHVs) has maintained high vaccination coverage rates.

Despite the work of the CORE Group Polio Project (CGPP) and other local, national and international partners, in 2008 Nepal experienced 5 polio cases linked to importation from India.

Exceptionally high coverage and sensitive surveillance are critical for Nepal due to its proximity to and porous border with India, an epicenter of polio transmission. Working through the health systems already in place, particularly the District Public Health Offices and the FCHVs, the CGPP annually reaches 2,489,715 children under 15 with vaccination promotion and AFP surveillance awareness.

2008 Survey Results - In Nepal, the survey revealed that mothers received information about polio vaccinations primarily through female community health volunteers. Other effective ways that worked to get messages to mothers include: radio, neighbors, and health workers, respectively.

Knowledge of AFP could be improved, as well as the age at which to give the first dose of polio.