29/10/2011
Rotarian polio survivor takes advocacy work to Afghanistan and Australia
Ramesh Ferris, Canadian Rotarian and polio survivor, travels to Australian and Afghanistan to advocate for polio-free world.
Ramesh Ferris, Canadian Rotarian and himself polio survivor, last month travelled to Australia to work with key partners, including the Global Poverty Project, in helping to secure additional key funds for the global polio eradication effort. Ferris has been a long-time advocate for the worldwide effort to eradicate polio.
His efforts in promoting a polio-free world in Australia follow a trip in September to Afghanistan, one of four remaining polio-endemic countries (alongside India, Nigeria and Pakistan). Ferris met with government officials, doctors and parents, to discuss the urgent need for all Afghan children to be fully immunized against polio.
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