8 August 2015
Rotary help free Africa from Polio
The fight in Nigeria has not been easy. For more than a generation, Rotary has led the drive to eradicate polio, administering vaccinations to 2.5 billion children in 122 countries at a cost of $1.4 billion.
Rotary Clubs in Malta have been playing their part over the years, in collecting and donating funds to Rotary International, for this noble cause.
The work has been assisted with the help of UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other groups, the effort put in has achieved success in a relatively short time. But we are not quite finished yet.
K.R.Ravindran, Rotary International current President stated, “ The economic, humanitarian, and ethical imperatives for eradication are clear. We cannot miss the chance we have before us, to ensure that thirty years of global investment pay their ultimate dividend: a world forever free of polio” .