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...
29/10/2011
Immunizing over 9 million
BEIJING---China vaccinated more than 9 million children and young adults last September in Xinjiang in a fight against polio after the disease paralyzed 18 people and killed one of them. Over 4 million children received a...
27/10/2011
As country maintains pressure on the poliovirus through the high season
New Delhi, October 27: “Every child deserves the right to run, to play and to live a healthy life without polio,” Fernando Alonso, two-time world champion Formula 1 Ferrari dr...
20/10/2011
Joining the effort to bring about a polio-free world
Geneva – The World Health Organization and the Saudi Fund for Development signed today a memorandum of understanding for the latter to contribute US$ 5 million to WHO, for the cost of polio eradic...
17/10/2011
Volunteers around the world prepare for World Polio Day
Last year, celebrations for World Polio Day included a contingent of around 460 Rotarians and friends who ran and walked the Eurasia Marathon in Istanbul, crossing the Bosporus Bridge,...
12/10/2011
Polio eradication efforts coordinated with broader health agenda
With the detection of WPV in Kenya, it is crucial that transmission is rapidly interrupted to avoid further spread to neighbouring countries, especially those affected by drought and f...