Rotary-related headlines from around the world
Endemic countries, Financing and donors, GPEI partners
We are close to making polio the second human disease to be eradicated, but what will it take to finally consign this killer disease to the his… [read more]
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) When I took my children to receive their polio vaccines a few years ago, I thought about how lucky we are to live in a…
Image via Associated Press photo This article by Rosemary Rochford is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest…
UNICEF-supported Community Health Workers play a key role as Pakistan strives for a polio-free future for every child. Widowed at 28 in Pakistan, Reshma (name changed to protect…
With the wild poliovirus on the verge of eradication, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) offers a blueprint for addressing other infectious disease outbreaks and public health crises….
The President of Rotary International, Gordon McInally, has urged Nigeria to be vigilant to ensure that polio does not find its way back into the country. McInally gave…
With the skyrocketing cost of everything, labour shortages, extreme weather events, the refugee crisis, and war in the Ukraine, amongst the many challenges facing the world today, why…