Polio Plus

5 REASONS WHY WE MUST ERADICATE POLIO

Posted on by Andrew Connold
Donate Now All donations are securely processed via Payfast in collaboration with Unity Values. At the end of the 1980s, more than 350,000 children were paralyzed by polio every year. Today, Rotary and its partners have reduced the incidence of polio by 99.9 percent. However, until we see the last of the poliovirus, eradication efforts need additional funding to IMMUNIZE more than 400 million children against polio every year for polio eradication (at a cost of $150 million pe...
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24th October is World Polio Day

Posted on by Andrew Connold
Polio Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a paralyzing and potentially fatal disease that still threatens children in some parts of the world. Poliovirus invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in hours. It can strike people of any age but mainly affects children under five. Polio can be prevented by vaccines, but it is not curable. Unlike most diseases, polio can be eradicated. PolioPlus For more than 30 years, Rotary and our partners have driven the effort to eradicate p...
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Rotary December Monthly Theme: Disease Prevention & Treatment

Posted on by Andrew Connold
Rotary supports activities and training that reduce the cause and effect of disease including: 1. Improving the capacity of local health care professionals; 2. Promoting disease prevention programs, with the goal of limiting the spread of communicable diseases and reducing the incidences of and complications from non-communicable diseases; 3. Enhancing the health infrastructure of local communities; 4. Educating and mobilizing communities to help prevent the spread of major diseases; 5. Pr...
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Eliminating the Poliomylitis Virus

Posted on by Andrew Connold
PolioPlus - A Rotary Foundation Project Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. Most know it as the poliovirus which is spread from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can attack the nervous system, and in some instances, lead to paralysis. Although there is no cure, there is a safe and effective vaccine – one which Rotary and our partners use to immunize over 2.5 billion children worldwide. Polio Plus is a R...
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