District Governor
Karen Cendro 2022-2023
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A modified vaccine offers hope that eradication is closer than ever.
Rotary clubs in District 6250 (Wisconsin and Minnesota, USA) have donated a mobile clinic to St. Clare Health Mission, a community organization in La Crosse, Wisconsin, that provides primary and specialty health care services at no cost for those without access to insurance.
Rotary President Jennifer Jones appeared on the stage at the star-studded Global Citizen Festival to announce an additional US$150 million pledge toward that end.
The detection of poliovirus, and even cases of polio, in places where it hasn’t been found for years has demonstrated once again that eradicating a human disease isn’t easy, especially in the final stages.In recent months, an unvaccinated man in the United States was paralyzed. In the
In March, shortly after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, refugees began arriving at a home in Wojciechów, a town about 20 miles from the city of Lublin in eastern Poland.
Polio has been reduced by 99%. We are closer than ever to ending this crippling disease forever. We are now “This Close” to achieving a polio-free world, and many public figures and celebrities have signed on to help Rotary spread the word. More than 40 world figures and celebrities including Bill Gates, Archie Panjabi, Psy, Jackie Chan, Ziggy Marley, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, Amanda Peet, and Jack Nicklaus are taking part in Rotary’s “This Close” campaign. We are “This Close” to ending polio -- all we need is you.
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