Recognizing World Polio Day:
Mon. October 17th Mayor Kim Norton issued a Proclamation recognizing October 24th as World Polio Day. Sun. October 23rd City of Rochester Government Center dome lighting.
https://www.endpolio.org/donate
Rotarians generously contributed $1,125 in cash and checks to the End Polio Now campaign during our October club meetings, in addition to online donations. Thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, your contributions will be matched 2:1 – thus tripling your donations, getting us even closer to a polio-free world.
Rotarians generously contributed $1,125 in cash and checks to the End Polio Now campaign during our October club meetings, in addition to online donations. Thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, your contributions will be matched 2:1 – thus tripling your donations, getting us even closer to a polio-free world.
Mon. October 24th, Mayo Clinic went live with this announcement:
Mayo Clinic will light facilities red and yellow to recognize World Polio Day on Monday, October 24. The event provides an opportunity to highlight global efforts toward a polio-free world and honor the tireless contributions of those on the frontlines in the fight to eradicate polio from every corner of the globe.
Through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the CDC works with partners to eradicate polio and end the suffering from this devastating disease.
In 1988 the World Health Assembly worldwide adopted a declaration to eradicate polio. Since then:
-There has been a 99.9% reduction in wild poliovirus transmission worldwide.
-Polio cases have fallen from an estimated 350,000 in 1988 to 6 in 2021.
-Wild poliovirus transmission has been eliminated in 5 of 6 WHO regions
Benefits of reducing polio transmission: people leading healthier lives
- 20 million people who would have otherwise been paralyzed by polio are walking
- 5 million people who would otherwise have died are alive
- Billions of children have been able to live a polio-free life
More Benefits from Fighting Polio: Lower Health Care Costs and Improved Disease Preparedness:
Efforts to eradicate polio have reduced health care costs
Healthier communities mean fewer health care costs for countries—over $27 billion saved worldwide since 1988, with an expected additional $14 billion in savings by 2050.
Fighting polio helps preparedness for other diseases
An investment in polio is also an investment in pandemic preparedness response. The tools, infrastructure, and knowledge developed to eradicate polio have saved countless lives across the globe and often serve as the default epidemic response program in dozens of countries during health emergencies. Health workers and systems that deliver polio vaccines also help
- fight other vaccine preventable childhood diseases.
- tackle Ebola, COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks.
- deliver malaria prevention tools.
- improve disease surveillance.