Nine things to know about PolioPlus
{01} What is World Polio Day?
• October 24th is celebrated as World Polio Day
• A day to celebrate the great work attempting to rid Polio from the World
• Work has been spearheaded by Rotary with their PolioPlus program
• The timing in late October is in honour of the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, who led the team that developed the first polio vaccine
{02} What is Polio?
• A paralyzing and potentially fatal disease that mainly threatens children under 5 in some parts of the world
• The poliovirus invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours
{03} What Is PolioPlus?
• In 1985, Rotary launched its PolioPlus program, the first initiative to tackle global polio eradication through the mass vaccination of children
• Rotary has contributed more than $1.6 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries.
{04} Global Polio Eradication Initiative
• The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, formed in 1988, is a public-private partnership that includes Rotary
• Other partners include the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and governments of the world
{05} Polio Today
• Today, there are only three countries that have never stopped transmission of the wild poliovirus: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan
• Less than 75 polio cases were confirmed worldwide in 2015
• This is a reduction of more than 99.9 percent since the 1980s, when the world saw about 1,000 new cases per day (360,000 per year)
{06} The Challenge Remains
• The polio cases represented by the remaining one percent are the most difficult to prevent, due to:
• geographical isolation,
• poor public infrastructure
• armed conflict
• cultural barriers
• Until polio is completely eradicated, all countries remain at risk of outbreaks
{07} Ensuring Success
• Every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication will be matched two-to-one by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation up to $35 million a year through 2018. These funds help to:
• provide much-needed operational support
• medical personnel
• laboratory equipment,
• educational materials for health workers and parents. Governments, corporations
{08} This Close Campaign
• Many celebrities have got on board with the PolioPlus “This close” campaign:
{09} What we can do
• We can donate to PolioPlus as individuals
• Our Club can donate money raised from a fund raiser
• Individuals can travel to an infected country and help with vaccinations
• We can make others aware of these facts
• October 24th is celebrated as World Polio Day
• A day to celebrate the great work attempting to rid Polio from the World
• Work has been spearheaded by Rotary with their PolioPlus program
• The timing in late October is in honour of the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, who led the team that developed the first polio vaccine
{02} What is Polio?
• A paralyzing and potentially fatal disease that mainly threatens children under 5 in some parts of the world
• The poliovirus invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours
{03} What Is PolioPlus?
• In 1985, Rotary launched its PolioPlus program, the first initiative to tackle global polio eradication through the mass vaccination of children
• Rotary has contributed more than $1.6 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries.
{04} Global Polio Eradication Initiative
• The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, formed in 1988, is a public-private partnership that includes Rotary
• Other partners include the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and governments of the world
{05} Polio Today
• Today, there are only three countries that have never stopped transmission of the wild poliovirus: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan
• Less than 75 polio cases were confirmed worldwide in 2015
• This is a reduction of more than 99.9 percent since the 1980s, when the world saw about 1,000 new cases per day (360,000 per year)
{06} The Challenge Remains
• The polio cases represented by the remaining one percent are the most difficult to prevent, due to:
• geographical isolation,
• poor public infrastructure
• armed conflict
• cultural barriers
• Until polio is completely eradicated, all countries remain at risk of outbreaks
{07} Ensuring Success
• Every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication will be matched two-to-one by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation up to $35 million a year through 2018. These funds help to:
• provide much-needed operational support
• medical personnel
• laboratory equipment,
• educational materials for health workers and parents. Governments, corporations
{08} This Close Campaign
• Many celebrities have got on board with the PolioPlus “This close” campaign:
{09} What we can do
• We can donate to PolioPlus as individuals
• Our Club can donate money raised from a fund raiser
• Individuals can travel to an infected country and help with vaccinations
• We can make others aware of these facts