Last regular meeting Steve Jambor, a member of the Wilmette Rotary Club, told us about a project that provides ultrasounds to remote locations in Uganda. Part of the project also provides training to midwives so they can properly use the machines.
4/17: Monthly Board meeting 6:00-8:00 pm at the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra's office located at 899 Skokie Blvd,. Room LL12. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE AND LOCATION CHANGE.
4/27: 2nd Annual Healthy Kids Day 5k Run.
Help the North Suburban YMCA with it’s Healthy Kids Day 5k run on Saturday April 27th. Volunteers are needed between 7:00am - 9:00am or between 9:00am - 11:00am to pass out water bottles, help control race traffic, and other race related jobs at and around the YMCA. Please contact Dave Masters at dmasters1953@icloud.com if you want to help or sign up directly at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0B44AEAD29A6F94-healthy
5/3-5/4: Rotary District 6440 Conference will take place on May 3rd and 4th at Hyatt Regency Schaumburg. This is a celebration of the year and an opportunity to come together and share what we do in our clubs. This is going to be a great district conference. You can register here.
5/4: Give the gift of life at the Vitalant blood drive. This event is jointly sponsored by our Club, The Woman’s Club of Northbrook and our good friends at Sunset Foods. Blood donors are needed on Saturday, May 4th, between 8:00am and 1:00pm at Sunset Foods in Northbrook.
Volunteers are also needed to work at the blood drive. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Dave Masters at dmasters1953@icloud.com.
Female surveillance officer for WHO pushes through gender-related obstacles to help end polio in Pakistan
Dr. Ujala Nayyar dreams, both figuratively and literally, about a world that is free from polio. Nayyar, the World Health Organization's surveillance officer in Pakistan’s Punjab province, says she often imagines the outcome of her work in her sleep.
In her waking life, she leads a team of health workers who crisscross Punjab to hunt down every potential incidence of poliovirus, testing sewage and investigating any reports of paralysis that might be polio. Pakistan is one of just two countries that continue to report cases of polio caused by the wild virus.
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