Rotary-related headlines from around the world
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday rolled out a polio vaccination campaign following the recent confirmation of an outbreak in the country.
The Health Ministry started the campaign in collaboratio… [read more]
Minda Dentler handcycling at mile 32 of The Kona Ironman in Hawaii, 2013. She’s the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship. When she was…
UNICEF works with Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care and partners including Rotary International to implement polio vaccination campaigns. After hearing about a UNICEF-supported polio imm… [read…
A mother brings her child to get polio vaccination on first day of campaign in Banadir region, Somalia 22 October 2022 Mogadishu, 24 October 2022 Living by its…
EVANSTON, Ill. (October 18, 2022) – Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are renewing their longstanding partnership to end polio, announcing a joint commitment of up…
Los Angeles, CA-ORIGINAL CAPTION: Until the polio vaccine came along, clinics across the US were … [read more] crammed with iron lungs. Photograph ca. 1950. Bettmann Archive Earlier…
With the investment of billions of dollars over the past several decades, mass immunization efforts across the globe have made polio nearly nonexistent. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, however,…