Polio remains endemic in two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan. .
Rotary International commenced this world-wide polio eradication program and Rotary Club of Paddington has been at the forefront through one of our members, Jenny Horton.
Take a look at the recent articles from:
Courier Mail (March 29, 2014)
EndPolioNow article
Global Polio Eradication Initiative Reports
I started working for Global Poverty Project in 2011 just as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings were kicking off in Australia. Global Poverty Project organized a concert in Perth, Australia to demonstrate public support for ending polio. And, as a result of the concert and the advocacy of partners like Rotary International, world leaders from Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Nigeria and Pakistan joined Bill Gates to pledge over $100 million in new funds to help deliver a polio-free world. Prime Minister David Cameron declared that the world was in sight of “the great goal of eradicating polio.” “Nearly eradicated is not good enough,” he said. “When we have the vaccines and tools to save children’s lives, it is not good enough to wait. Because while we wait, children are dying. As long as one child remains at risk, all children remain at risk, and that isn’t a risk we can take.” Mr. Cameron challenged other countries to follow their example, saying “few ideas are more powerful than the eradication of human disease – what is missing is the political will to see it through. Let us eradicate polio once and for all.”