Rotary-related headlines from around the world
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that despite efforts to halt the outbreak of the circulating polio variant, more than 250 cases of paralysis from polio have…
TOPSHOT – An Afghan health worker administers the polio vaccine to a child during a vaccination … [read more] campaign in Kabul on February 28, 2017. – Polio,…
Mogadishu, 24 October 2022 – Living by its principle of ‘delivering on a promise’, WHO and the Government of Somalia are commemorating the World Polio Day by launching…
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…
LONDON: Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease….
“While polio exists anywhere, it’s a threat everywhere” — Ian Riseley, President, The Rotary Foundation Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free on the 25th August 2020. The news…