Effort, funds focused on ending polio around world
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Rotary Club members around the world Monday recognized World Polio Day Monday, part of an on-going effort to eradicate polio from the face of the earth.
Rotary Club members around the world Monday recognized World Polio Day Monday, part of an on-going effort to eradicate polio from the face of the earth.
Beginning in 1979 with a vaccination effort in the Philippines and continuing until today with the final push in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the effort to free the children of the world from the disease continues. World Polio Day was designed to unite and ignite people across the world to make the final push to wipe out a disease that is paralyzing the potentially dangerous.
“Until the recent detection of the polio virus in New York wastewater samples, I think it was sometimes difficult for our members to understand the relevance of continuing to donate and support the eradication efforts of the polio,” said Jim Ediger, Aurora Rotary Club president. “For most younger members, we do not remember a time where the life-threatening disease was a threat in the United States. I think the recent news emphasizes the importance of continuing to support this eradication effort, something Rotary has done for over 35 years.”
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