As the first organization to envision a polio-free world through mass immunization of children, Rotary believes the decision to vaccinate is a humanitarian imperative. The Rotary International Board...
London, 1 November 2021: The Power of Nutrition announced on 1 November a partnership with Rotary International, the Eleanor Crook Foundation, and The END Fund, to fund a new multi-sector nutrition...
by Ryan Hyland Rotary's goal of ridding the world of polio is within reach, global health experts said during the 2021 World Polio Day Online Global Update on 24 October. The 30-minute program,...
Hawassa, 22 October 2021 – Today as the world commemorates World Polio Day with the theme, “One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio – delivering on our promise of a polio-free world!”, and Ethiopia launches...
Otto and Fran Walter started their foundation to address hunger prevention and peace. Their foundation has pledged $15.5 million to The Rotary Foundation to start a Rotary Peace Center in the Middle...
LUSAKA, Zambia (March 9, 2021) — To help end a leading cause of illness and death in the southern African country of Zambia, a Rotary club-led initiative aims to save and improve lives by empowering...
Joint WHO-UNICEF-ROTARY statement on World Polio Day WHO, UNICEF and ROTARY reaffirm their commitment to sustain Africa’s polio-free status by ensuring Ethiopia stays polio-free Addis Ababa, 24...
Rotary's 2020 World Polio Day Online Global Update programme on 24 October hails this year's historic achievement in polio eradication: Africa being declared free of the wild poliovirus. Paralympic...
By Ryan Hyland and Erin Biba When was polio last in Europe? If you guessed 2002, the year the region was certified polio-free, you’re wrong. The last time polio affected a child in Europe was 2015...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on 25 August announced that transmission of the wild poliovirus has officially been stopped in all 47 countries of its African region. This is a historic and vital...