Kathmandu, Dec. 25 -- Nepal has met the World Health Organisation's Immunisation Agenda 2030 by halving the number of zero-dose children-those who have never received even a single dose of routine vaccines-in 2023, seven years ahead of schedule.

According to a report published in The Lancet, a leading international medical journal, apart from reducing the number of zero-dose children by 50 percent, the country is also in line to achieve 90 percent coverage of diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT3), pneumococcal conjugate Vaccine (PCV3) and the second dose of the measles-containing vaccine.

Along with Nepal, Bangladesh in South Asia has also achieved the target.

Health officials credited Nepal's immunisation priority and repeated driv...