Three women polio workers — Nagina, a supervisor since 2012, Basira, a volunteer since 2016 and Samina, a volunteer in the last few rounds — were shot dead while on their immunisation rounds recently in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. In addition, an explosion took place at the entrance of

During the recent lockdown, a unique online fundraiser titled Manavta Ka Gahna (Jewel of Humanity), was organised by the World’s Greatest Meal team led by Country Coordinator Aabha Jha Choudhary, RID 3011, as part of her End Polio Campaign in April.

1   What made you decide to work on polio eradication? In 1952, three years before I was born, the US experienced one of the worst polio epidemics in its history. Thousands died and even more were paralysed. I was born a few months after the first polio

The Polio Pioneer Award was presented to PRID Ashok Mahajan by RI President Mark Maloney in the presence of RID Bharat Pandya and TRF Trustee Seiji Kita. PRID Ashok Mahajan receives the Polio Pioneer Award from RI President Mark Maloney

There were more cases of wild ­poliovirus in 2018 than in 2017. Should we be discouraged? No, not at all. We’ve always expected the number of cases to fluctuate ­somewhat as we get closer to zero. We’ve gone four straight

Teamwork came to the fore when all the 68 Rotary clubs of D 3231 participated in a mega car rally to mark World Polio Day on Oct 24. DG K Jawarilal Jain led from the front as over 1,000 cars took part in the event covering ­Tiruvannamalai,

With just 11 confirmed polio cases so far in 2017, the world is on the brink of eradicating polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralysed hundreds of thousands of children each year. To recognise this historic progress, Rotary clubs worldwide hosted events in conjunction

Rotary District 3291, in association with D 5240 (USA), organised an International Polio Summit — Life after Polio — at Kolkata. The event, chaired by Rotary International PolioPlus Committee Chair Michael McGovern, deliberated on topics such as Rotary’s efforts in eradicating the disease in the remaining three countries,