Polio Free

 
India's Three-Year Polio-Free Anniversary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
India marks three years without a case of wild polio on Januyary 13, 2014, a landmark achievement for global public health and the worldwide effort to eradicate polio.  Experts once considered India the most technically difficult place to end polio.  As recently as 2009, India was home to nearly half the world's polio cases.  High population density, migrant populations and poor sanitation presented exceptional challenges to eliminating the disease.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotary International as a part of more than 2.3 million vaccinators
deployed during national immunization days.  LCRGRC pardticipates in
the End Polio campaign and Laura Smart went to India as one of the
vaccinators.
 
 
 
 
 
 
While India's anniversary is a significant milestone and proof of what is possible, recent outbreaks in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa - both linked to virus from endemic countries - are proof that as long as polio exists anywhere, it is a threat everywhere.
Ending polio is a critical step toward improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable children.
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