Rotary-related headlines from around the world
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.
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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…
The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) in collaboration with UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), US Centre for Disease Control…
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…
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…
Paralyzed as a child by polio, Rajabu Vampise is taking his message to the streets, urging parents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to vaccinate their children….
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….