WORLD POLIO DAY
SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER

WE ARE SO CLOSE
The polio-virus is literally just a plane ride away but thankfully we have a vaccine. Much work is still to be done by Rotary and our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to reach the goal of a polio free world. Over 2 billion doses of polio vaccine are administered to more than 400 million children in around 50 countries every year.

The Polio programme’s legacy is so much more than just wiping the polio virus off the face of the earth. It has been invaluable in the Covid-19 response in many countries, helped stop ebola in Nigeria and immunised 8 million people against yellow fever to name just a few.