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24 Oct 2021 Rotary World Polio Day Oct 24, 2021 Ending Polio What is polio? Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system. Our goal Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 30 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. We've helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries. So far, Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion toward eradicating the disease worldwide. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year. By the numbers $3.00 - the average cost to fully protect a child against polio 430million - total number of children vaccinated in 39 countries in 2017 $100million - the cost to conduct polio surveillance worldwide The Facts Polio mainly affects children under age 5. There is no cure, but polio is preventable with a vaccine, one which Rotary and our partners use to immunize over 2.5 billion children worldwide. Only two countries remain endemic. We’ve reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988. Until we end polio forever, every child is at risk
26 Oct 2021 Club Meeting at La Reggia Oct 26, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Regular Club meeting to discuss upcoming October events.
28 Oct 2021 Rotary Foundation Committee Meeting Oct 28, 2021 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Meeting this month will be in person. It will be held at Maria Rini's home in Oradell. Committee members can check the email send by Jay Fowler for the address, time, etc.
31 Oct 2021 HAPPY HALLOWEEN Oct 31, 2021 HAPPY HALLOWEEN HAVE FUN TRICK OR TREATING

	Rotary's involvement in polio eradication began in 1979 with a five-year commitment to provide and help deliver polio vaccine to six million children of the Philippines. Following similar commitments in other countries, in the early 80's Rotary started planning for the most ambitious program in its history — to immunize all of the world's children against polio, and in 1985 PolioPlus was born. Since then, Rotary’s dedication to the global eradication of polio has remained constant. 2021 marked the 36th anniversary of PolioPlus and more than three decades of progress and challenges the program has faced. But through the efforts of Rotary, over 99 percent of the world’s population lives in regions certified polio-free. The goal of eradication is closer than ever.

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