Rotary-related headlines from around the world
Despite having achieved the wild polio-free certification, Nigeria is still battling the circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus Type 2, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.
The last case of wild poliovirus in… [read more]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Thursday welcomed a new funding commitment made by Rotary International to support Nigeria in its efforts to eradicate all forms of polioviruses,…
Robert Fortner, freelance journalistPortland, Oregon, USA robertwfortner{at}gmail.com Announcement of new polio vaccines has once again raised … [+1775 chars]read more
One of my earliest memories, perhaps the earliest of all, goes back to when I was about four years old, in 1946, living in the Bronx borough of…
Before this year, polio didn’t feel like an urgent threat. The disease was eradicated in the U.S. in 1979, and thanks to a global vaccination campaign, it’s endemic…
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…
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…