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Carol Ferguson is the founder of the Pennsylvania Polio Survivor's Network and a Souderton-Telford Rotarian. Pennsylvania Polio Survivor’s Network (PSN) is an organization that provides resources for people living with post-polio syndrome, an illness that can affect polio survivors 10-20 years after being infected with the virus, and which also impacts their families. The key is they are Survivors of a Vaccine Preventable Disease. Carol spoke to us on a new initiative supporting the need for vaccinations for preventable diseases. Rotary’s Efforts, Our PSN Efforts, Are Bigger than Polio Eradication. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has created an amazing infrastructure that if properly preserved, can provide human services to the remote corners of the world for decades to come. “If the infrastructure, assets, and health workers acquired by the polio eradication effort are maintained, they will provide an unmatched platform for taking on the health and development goals of the 21st century.” John Hewko, general secretary of Rotary International Front of VPD card Back of VPD card |