A progress report on polio eradication We all know that Global Polio Eradication was championed by the Rotary International. Rotary therefore became a member of the quartet partnership of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative — World Health Organisation (WHO), Rotary,
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It was both a privilege and an honour for Diana and Danelle Wilson to first tour and then take part in a National Immunisation
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The Rotarians of RC Katwa, D 3240, have successfully immunised 95 per cent of the children of Katwa in Bardhaman district of West Bengal in the last NID. “It was a huge challenge. We had to break stiff resistance from a section of the people in a
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Rotary Club of Ambala hosted the World Polio Day celebrations for District 3080. A cycle rally with participation
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Over 6,000 school students created a mega human image of ‘Polio Free India’ at the Hindu College,
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When was the last time there was polio in Europe? If you guessed 2002, the year the region was certified polio-free, you were wrong. The last time polio affected a child in Europe was last summer. In 2015, two Ukrainian children were diagnosed with paralytic polio, and,
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This year, a group of 106 volunteers from Great Britain and Ireland, the largest to have ever travelled, headed to India to meet up with other Rotary International members from 17 countries including Belgium, Luxemburg, USA and Japan to carry out the immunisation of children across the
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Rotary clubs in India have opened skin banks in Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. The fourth in the list is the Rotary OCHRI Skin Bank at Nagpur, recently established by RC Nagpur, D 3030. This facility is a result of a tripartite agreement between the Club, Orange City Hospital & Research Institute (OCHRI) and National Burns
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The Rotary End Polio Flame, which was launched at the Chennai Institute by RI President Gary C K Huang, had its most poignant moments while journeying around Pakistan, “where it got such an overwhelming response, that we were totally surprised,” says S N Srikanth, President of the Rotary Club of Madras, which launched the flame.
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“When Malala can do it, I sure can,” says a courageous Saad Khan. All of twelve this young man is hell bent on eradicating polio from Pakistan. From awareness rallies to administering polio drops he does it all to “help my people, my country and the most important reason is that I want to make
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By December 4, 2014, Pakistan had reported a total of 291 polio cases of the total 342 polio victims globally. With the extent of misinformation that surrounds polio vaccines, the eradication of polio is crucial to Pakistan’s wellbeing. The country is rife with rumours about the vaccine
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