Rotary-related headlines from around the world
A mother brings her child to get polio vaccination on first day of campaign in Banadir region, Somalia 22 October 2022
Mogadishu, 24 October 2022 Living by its principle of delivering on a promise, … [read more]
Monrovia — The Rotary Club of Sinkor pledged to work with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to mitigate polio and malaria in Liberia. The pledge comes in commemoration…
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…
Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced a renewal of their longstanding partnership that aims to end polio, with a joint commitment of up to…
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…
World Polio Day is annually observed on 24 October to raise awareness for polio vaccination and eradication of polio. The day provides an opportunity to focus on the…
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…