- Only Two countries remain endemic, but children STILL NEED TO BE VACCINATED to prevent polio infection
- Many of vaccine distribution centers that have administered the Polio vaccine in developing countries are now being used for COVID Vaccine!
- The poliovirus is a highly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5.
- Rotary & Our Partners have immunized 2.5 Billion children worldwide
- There is no Cure, but Polio Preventable with a vaccine
- Rotary has helped reduce cases 99.9% since 1988
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged to match each dollar raised with an additional $2 donation--tripling the District’s anticipated $100,000 goal to $300,000!
- When Rotary International took on the battle against this disease, more than 350,000 people spanning 125 countries were impacted by Polio each year.
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