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 An Introduction to Polio Plus
(click on image to learn more on the RI website)
In
1985, Rotary launched the PolioPlus program to protect children
worldwide from the cruel and fatal consequences of polio. In 1988,
the World Health Assembly challenged the world to eradicate polio.
Since that time, Rotary's efforts and those of partner agencies,
including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's
Fund, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
and governments around the world, have achieved a 99 percent reduction
in the number of polio cases worldwide. Rotarians stand at the
brink of a great victory and look forward to celebrating the global
eradication of polio in 2005, the organization's centennial year.
 Read more in the RI website
Latest Polio News
Added/Updated on: May 12, 2010
As a show of support for Rotary’s campaign to “End Polio Now,” we invite you to sign the virtual “Kick Polio Out of Africa” soccer ball: www.kickpolioutofafrica.org, and pass it on to a friend! In the months leading up to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa this summer, Rotary clubs across Africa have been gearing up for the final push to kick polio out of the continent. On 23 February, a “Kick Polio Out of Africa” awareness campaign launched with the symbolic kicking of a soccer ball signed by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a polio survivor. The journey began in Cape Town, South Africa, one of the host cities for the 2010 World Cup. The ball is traveling through 22 polio-affected countries to Eygpt, en route to the RI Convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada, in June. At each stop, ceremonies and public events are being held—and the ball is signed by Heads of State, health ministers and other dignitaries-- to create awareness and build support for the push to end polio. For those unable to attend the ceremonies in person to celebrate and show their solidarity, we have created a virtual “Kick Polio Out of Africa” soccer ball. The tremendous global enthusiasm for soccer as the FIFA World Cup approaches, which will be hosted for the first time on African soil, can be harnessed to help save children in Africa who are still threatened by this disease. See also: Download the press release
For more information contact: Sandra Prufer
Senior Media Relations Specialist Europe/Africa
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
+ 1 847 866-3208 p
+ 1 847 866-8237 f
sandra.prufer@rotary.org
www.rotary.org
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