Rotary-related headlines from around the world
The recent return of polio has hit like something of an epidemiological thunderclap. It was in 1979 that polio was officially declared eradicated in the U.S.—an early step in a multi-generational eff… [read more]
The District Governor, Rotary International, District 9125, Ahmed Sani, has urged Nigerians to be optimistic that the polio virus will soon come to an end in Nigeria. He…
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‘Ride the Train to End Polio’ awareness event featured train rides at Tot Town Railway in Kowhai Park in Whanganui,Doubtful weather on February 25 faced organisers of the…
Critical-care patients in the emergency polio ward at Haynes Memorial Hospital in Boston in August 1955. Associated Press photo Fears of polio gripped the U.S. in the mid-20th…
Together, we end polio! 24 October is World Polio Day, a global day to raise awareness and resources for the worldwide effort to eradicate polio. Communities, Rotarians, civil…
LONDON Parents in London are scrambling for a vaccine. This time, it’s not the fear of COVID-19, but rather the return of a virus that in the past…
Un agent de santé administre un vaccin antipoliomyélitique oral à un enfant, à Mbezi Makabe, en Tanzanie, le 21mai 2022. ERICKY BONIPHACE / AFP Cest une maladie qui…