Rotarian’s Primer
Just updated for 2020 including information about the new Novel Oral Polio Vaccine! Our pamphlet “A Rotarian’s Primer on Polio Eradication and Polio Survivor Support” has been written and edited by experts in the field to answer questions about these topics. Please download a copy and distribute!
Survey of Rotarian Polio Survivors
The number one question we are asked is “How many Rotarians are polio survivors?” We are asking each club across the world to let us know how many survivors are in their club. Please click here to fill out this quick form. We will tally the results and add a map to our site showing […]
How South-East Asia became polio-free
This has been a great month: South-East Asia has become Polio Free. This article appeared in the Rotary Blog and we wanted to share it with the PSA members. SOUTHEAST ASIA DECLARED POLIO FREE Schoolchildren participate in a rally organized by Rotary members in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, celebrating the country’s achievement of polio eradication. […]
Celebrating Polio Free in South East Asia
Here are some great links and pictures of the news about South East Asia being certified as Polio Free! WHO Issues Update on Polio Outbreak in the Middle East http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2014/03/who-issues-update-on-polio-outbreak-in-the-middle-east.aspx How India won over polio drop by drop https://uk.news.yahoo.com/india-won-over-polio-drop-drop-083049841.html#Vyr3h4v From the EndPolioNow twitter feed: .@BillGates congratulates @Rotary members for their tireless efforts to end polio […]
Post-Polio Health International Conference
Many of our members belong to Post-Polio Health International. Here’s information on their upcoming conference: Meet Us in St. Louis! May 31 – June 3, 2014 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch Program for Promoting Healthy Ideas: PHI’s 11thInternational Conference (Updated 1-27-14) Registering for Promoting Healthy Ideas: PHI’s 11th International Conference Reserving a Hotel Room […]
PSA groups support End Polio Now
PSA is starting a new project. As announced in our November 2013 newsletter, we want all our members worldwide to participate in creating a public awareness project that would involve Rotary Clubs working with existing Post-Polio support groups or polio survivors. We want you to make a presentation of the End Polio Now pins to […]
Anticipating Outbreaks on the Path to Eradication
posted from Impatient Optimists, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation HAMID JAFARI July 30, 2013 The final push to end polio is the largest and most complex disease eradication effort in history. As the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) carries out the Polio Endgame and Eradication Strategic Plan, a six-year program to achieve a polio-free world by […]
Polio Eradication Suffers A Setback As Somali Outbreak Worsens
(reprinted from NPR.org) Somalia hadn’t had a case of polio for nearly six years. But in the past few months, the virus has come back. Now the East African country has the worst polio outbreak anywhere in the world. Twenty new cases of polio were reported this week in Somalia by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. That […]
From Rotary Voices
How polio changed my life Posted on February 7, 2013 by Rotary International (Permalink: http://blog.rotary.org/2013/02/07/ironlung/) Pulmão de Aço (Iron Lung), published this year in Brazil, tells the story of Eliana Zagui, a polio survivor who has lived for decades in a hospital in Brazil. By Eliana Zagui, author of Pulmão de Aço (Iron Lung) Before […]
A Conversation With: Polio Expert Naveen Thacker
From New York Times/ International Herald Tribune, India Edition October 24, 2012 A Conversation With: Polio Expert Naveen Thacker By PAMPOSH RAINA Courtesy of Dr. Naveen ThackerDr. Naveen Thacker, Standing Committee Member of International Pediatric Association. India appears to have succeeded in the fight against polio, with no new cases reported in the country since […]