29/10/2011
Immunizing over 9 million
BEIJING---China vaccinated more than 9 million children and young adults last September in Xinjiang in a fight against polio after the disease paralyzed 18 people and killed one of them. Over 4 million children received a...
27/10/2011
As country maintains pressure on the poliovirus through the high season
New Delhi, October 27: “Every child deserves the right to run, to play and to live a healthy life without polio,” Fernando Alonso, two-time world champion Formula 1 Ferrari dr...
24/10/2011
The Last Percent
World Polio Day originally brought people together to remember the birth of a man who led the first team to develop a vaccine against polio, Dr. Jonas Salk. It was the development of this vaccine, and its successor oral polio v...
17/10/2011
Volunteers around the world prepare for World Polio Day
Last year, celebrations for World Polio Day included a contingent of around 460 Rotarians and friends who ran and walked the Eurasia Marathon in Istanbul, crossing the Bosporus Bridge,...
12/10/2011
Polio eradication efforts coordinated with broader health agenda
With the detection of WPV in Kenya, it is crucial that transmission is rapidly interrupted to avoid further spread to neighbouring countries, especially those affected by drought and f...
05/10/2011
States eligible for US$ 500,000 grant to address pressing health issues
SEATTLE -- Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced a new initiative today for Nigeria’s Executive Governors challenging them to deliver...