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30/04/2012
Rotary International recognises some of polio eradication’s biggest names
30 April 2012 - Under normal circumstances, the president of an African country and a Bollywood megastar wouldn’t have much in common. But Nigeria’s President Goodluck J...
04/04/2012
Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee awards medal to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for his commitment to polio eradication
EVANSTON, Illinois, USA, April 4, 2012 – Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee made history April 2 whe...
02/04/2012
When the search for wild poliovirus is literally a drop in the bucket
02 April 2012 – Once a week, in the most crowded quarters of Quetta, Pakistan and Mumbai, India, teams of people wearing aprons and gloves stand together on bridges, carefully l...
28/03/2012
Finishing the job of polio eradication will require the political and financial support of the BRICS, which together represent a large proportion of the polio-free world.
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are gat...
27/03/2012
Emergency response in Pakistan to vaccinate internally displaced, amidst examination of polio eradication activities by the Technical Advisory Group.
27 March, 2012 – Pakistan took swift action this week to prevent a large outbreak occurring around Ba...
14/03/2012
Prime Minister receives Rotary's highest honour in recognition of his leadership and dedication to a polio-free world
On 14 March, United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister David Cameron was recognized by Rotary International as a Polio Eradication Cha...
07/03/2012
International Women’s Day
7 March, 2012 – Out there in two continents right now, there is a dedicated, yet largely unacknowledged army of women devoted to ensuring that polio is eradicated. Dressed in uniforms of fluttering burkhas in...
01/03/2012
It´s official: India is no longer polio-endemic, leaving just three countries which have never stopped polio
1 March 2012 - It was a much-anticipated moment. Weeks after India marked 12 months in which no Indian child had been paralyzed by polio, the...
27/02/2012
Landmarks around the world lit up with “End Polio Now” in celebration
27 February, 2012 - Over the month of February, Rotarians around the world have been celebrating the service organisation’s 107th anniversary - and in true Rotary spirit, many h...
17/02/2012
Independent Monitoring Board publishes its February 2012 report
In the report of its January 2012 meeting, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) congratulates the Indian government and its partners on that country's monumental milestone, and re...
12/01/2012
Critical need to maintain immunity to poliovirus in India until global eradication achieved.
Global polio eradication partners today congratulated India for passing a year without polio, for the first time in history.
Central and state governments...
12/01/2012
Rotary International News – Rotary International has succeeded in meeting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s US$200 million match in funding for polio eradication.
01/11/2011
Children's art competition in Quetta
Quetta, 24 October – On the occasion of World Polio Day 2011, Rotary Club Bolan and UNICEF arranged an art competition among schools from high risk union councils in the district of Quetta, in Balochistan provi...
31/10/2011
Australia leads the charge joined by Canada, Nigeria and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
29/10/2011
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 partn...
