Worldwide Polio Surveillance
We are often asked why we need to raise so much money for polio, when there were only 33 cases in 2 countries last year? The simple answer is that we need to vaccinate every child in the world under five until polio is eradicated. That is 450 million children! Rotary helps fund laboratories, clinics, and field teams, including 150,000 workers in 70 countries. That costs a lot of money.
Watch this 4 minute video on how Rotary and our partners have increased surveillance efforts to find the polio virus wherever it hides.
Click here for the video.
