Congratulations – World Polio Day!

Congratulations – World Polio Day!

One new Wild Polio cases reported this week.  We are now 4 weeks since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case – on 10/1/23 in Pakistan. 

Congratulations!

To each of you who led World Polio Day fundraising, advocacy, and education campaigns.

To mark this year’s World Polio Day on 24 October, supporters from over 30 countries, across every region of the world, joined the Make Polio History campaign to tell global partners, donors, and polio-affected country governments that eradication is possible and urgently needed.

Each donation made to Rotary’s End Polio Now effort is matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to maximise its effect. As such, if you give US$10 to the effort, as an example, the amount becomes US$30, and with that, 60 children will be vaccinated in the remaining affected countries. Thank you for everything that you do! We wish you a very successful World Polio Day!

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Charity Navigator rewards the Rotary Foundation with their top – Four Star Rating for the 15th year in a row!

No wonder that The Rotary Foundation remains the first choice charity for people all over the globe. Our contributions to The Rotary Foundation in the last Rotary year totaled more than US$427 million. These have helped fund more than 1,100 global grants, 470 district grants, and 310 disaster response grants. Our communities and the citizens of the world are benefiting through sustainable, life-changing projects. Continued contributions in this Rotary year will help us continue to “Create Hope in the World.”

Caps Rotary Night- Support End Polio Now

Caps Rotary Night- Support End Polio Now

Buy Caps tickets on November 18 and support the Rotary PolioPlus Program! Seats are available in all levels & each ticket bought through this special link comes with a FREE Caps baseball hat. In addition, $5 from every ticket bought here will be donated to PolioPlus and the efforts to EndPolioNow. Seats are available in all levels.

Use this special link https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/capsrotary to receive your FREE Caps baseball hat.

A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!

2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 331 Benin – 3, Burkina Faso – 2, Burundi – 1, Central African Republic – 12, Chad – 37, Cote d’ Ivoire – 5, DR Congo – 178, Guinea – 7, Indonesia – 3, Israel – 1, Kenya – 6, Madagascar – 23, Mali – 9, Mozambique – 3, Nigeria – 26, Somalia – 3, Tanzania – 2, Yemen – 3, Zambia – 1.

New Polio Cases & Samples This Week –

  • Pakistan: one WPV1 case and 17 positive environmental samples
  • DR Congo: two cVDPV1 cases
  • Egypt: three cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
  • Kenya: one cVDPV2 case
  • Madagascar: six cVDPV1 cases and three positive environmental samples
  • Zimbabwe: four cVDPV2-positive environmental samples

2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 912 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 3, Benin – 11 (3 in 2021), Burundi – 1, Cameroon – 3 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 6, Chad -44 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 507 (28 in 2021), Republic of Congo – 1, Eritrea – 1, Ethiopia – 1, Ghana – 3, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 14 (13 in 2021), Malawi – 4, Mali – 2, Mozambique – 22 (2 in 2021), Niger – 16 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 48 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 5 (1 in 2021), Sudan – 1, Togo – 2, United States – 1, Yemen – 162 (69 in 2021).

2021 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases -689 in 22 Countries.  

2020 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 1,113 in 26 countries in 2020.

Quote of the Day

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.”

— Abraham Lincoln

The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:

Pakistan

 

 

as of 10/28/2023

1 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 10/1/23.
17 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
4 Wild Polio cases – 2023
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022
1 Wild Polio case – 2021
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020

Afghanistan

 

 

as of 10/28/2023

0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/24/23.
WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
6 Wild Polio cases – 2023 (all from Nangarhar Province)
2 Wild Polio case – 2022
4 Wild Polio cases – 2021
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020

Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!

Terry Ziegler, Polio Update Newsletter Editor Rotary Region 36

World Polio Day has arrived!

World Polio Day has arrived!

It’s World Polio Day: Act now!

Now is the time for us to take action and advocate for the eradication of polio. As Rotary members and supporters, we lead the campaign to protect the world’s children from this paralyzing disease.

You can take part in this effort:

  • Watch and share the new videos about the Infantile Paralysis Center in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA. The videos, available on our Facebook page and the World Polio Day Resources page, illuminate a lesser-known piece of polio history.
  • Record a video for the Make Polio History Campaign, then share it on social media using the hashtags #MakePolioHistory and #EndPolio.
  • Donate to Rotary’s PolioPlus Fund or start an online fundraiser using Raise for Rotary. All contributions will be matched 2-to-1!
  • Rotary districts can also give District Designated Funds to PolioPlus. All contributions will help meet our goal of raising at least US$50 million each year toward ending polio.

To eradicate polio for good,
we need your support!

Together, we end polio.

Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!

What can you do to Support World Polio Day?

What can you do to Support World Polio Day?

No new Wild Polio cases reported this week.  We are now 3 weeks since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case – on 10/1/23 in Pakistan. 

What can you do to Support World Polio Day?

  1. Register your club’s World Polio Day action by 24 October.
  2. Share the “Make Polio History” video on your social media.
  3. Visit the World Polio Day Resources webpage and find content you can share.
  4. Pitch a story about World Polio Day and your club’s contributions to eradicating polio to a local media outlet.
  5. Learn about the two vaccines used to stop polio transmission — inactivated polio vaccine and oral polio vaccine.
  6. DONATE – Make a personal donation to the END POLIO NOW effort.

Each donation made to Rotary’s End Polio Now effort is matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to maximise its effect. As such, if you give US$10 to the effort, as an example, the amount becomes US$30, and with that, 60 children will be vaccinated in the remaining affected countries. Thank you for everything that you do! We wish you a very successful World Polio Day!

In the lead-up to World Polio Day on 24 October, GPEI has launched a Make Polio History campaign to rally existing and new supporters of polio eradication from all over the world to champion the cause. We need your help! Add your voice in support of eradication by visiting the campaign website and taking action. https://makepoliohistory.org/

This year, each Rotarian is encouraged to make a personal donation (of a size dictated by their financial situation) to the PolioPlus Fund by World Polio Day. I made mine last week and am encouraging each of my club members to join me! And Club leaders are urged to make sure each donation is recognized as Paul Harris or Major Donor credit.

 

A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!

2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 322 Benin – 3, Burkina Faso – 2, Burundi – 1, Central African Republic – 12, Chad – 37, Cote d’ Ivoire – 5, DR Congo – 176, Guinea – 7, Indonesia – 3, Israel – 1, Kenya – 5, Madagascar – 17, Mali – 9, Mozambique – 3, Nigeria – 26, Somalia – 3, Tanzania – 2, Yemen – 3, Zambia – 1.

New Polio Cases & Samples This Week –

  • Cameroon: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
  • Central African Republic: one cVDPV2 case
  • Côte d’Ivoire: two cVDPV2 cases and four positive environmental samples
  • DR Congo: three cVDPV1 and three cVDPV2 cases, two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
  • Madagascar: three cVDPV1 positive environmental samples
  • Mali: one cVDPV2 case
  • Yemen: one cVDPV2 case

2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 912 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 3, Benin – 11 (3 in 2021), Burundi – 1, Cameroon – 3 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 6, Chad -44 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 507 (28 in 2021), Republic of Congo – 1, Eritrea – 1, Ethiopia – 1, Ghana – 3, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 14 (13 in 2021), Malawi – 4, Mali – 2, Mozambique – 22 (2 in 2021), Niger – 16 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 48 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 5 (1 in 2021), Sudan – 1, Togo – 2, United States – 1, Yemen – 162 (69 in 2021).

2021 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases -689 in 22 Countries.  

2020 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 1,113 in 26 countries in 2020.

Quote of the Day

“It’s not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.”

— Ashleigh Brilliant, Writer, Cartoonist

The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:

Pakistan

 

 

as of 10/21/2023

0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 10/1/23.
0 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
3 Wild Polio cases – 2023
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022
1 Wild Polio case – 2021
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020

Afghanistan

 

 

as of 10/21/2023

0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/24/23.
WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
6 Wild Polio cases – 2023 (all from Nangarhar Province)
2 Wild Polio case – 2022
4 Wild Polio cases – 2021
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020

Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!

Terry Ziegler, Polio Update Newsletter Editor Rotary Region 36

European leaders announce new financing partnership

European leaders announce new financing partnership

One new Wild Polio cases reported this week.  We are now 2 weeks since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case – on 10/1/23 in Pakistan. 

What is that Polio Picture? European leaders pledge €500 million to deliver a healthier, polio-free world – In Brussels this week, the European Commission (EC), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), along with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced a new financing partnership of over €1 billion to advance polio eradication efforts and strengthen healthcare systems. This partnership will provide €500 million in new funding to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) – specifically to its implementing partners, WHO and UNICEF – and €500 million to programmes that expand innovation and research capacity in low- and middle-income countries.  Read the full story at https://polioeradication.org/

In the lead-up to World Polio Day on 24 October, GPEI has launched a Make Polio History campaign to rally existing and new supporters of polio eradication from all over the world to champion the cause. We need your help! Add your voice in support of eradication by visiting the campaign website and taking action. https://makepoliohistory.org/

This year, each Rotarian is encouraged to make a personal donation (of a size dictated by their financial situation) to the PolioPlus Fund by World Polio Day. I made mine last week and am encouraging each of my club members to join me! And Club leaders are urged to make sure each donation is recognized as Paul Harris or Major Donor credit.

What can you do to Support World Polio Day?

  1. Register your club’s World Polio Day action by 24 October.
  2. Share the “Make Polio History” video on your social media.
  3. Visit the World Polio Day Resources webpage and find content you can share.
  4. Pitch a story about World Polio Day and your club’s contributions to eradicating polio to a local media outlet.
  5. Learn about the two vaccines used to stop polio transmission — inactivated polio vaccine and oral polio vaccine.
  6. DONATE – Make a personal donation to the END POLIO NOW effort.
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!

2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 310 Benin – 3, Burkina Faso – 2, Burundi – 1, Central African Republic – 11, Chad – 37, Cote d’ Ivoire – 4, DR Congo – 175, Guinea – 7, Indonesia – 3, Israel – 1, Kenya – 5, Madagascar – 17, Mali – 8, Mozambique – 3, Nigeria – 26, Somalia – 3, Tanzania – 2, Yemen – 2, Zambia – 1.

New Polio Cases & Samples This Week –

  • Afghanistan: six WPV1-positive environmental samples
  • Pakistan: one WPV1 case and four WPV1-positive environmental samples
  • Algeria: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
  • Cameroon: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
  • Chad: one cVDPV2 case
  • DR Congo: 12 cVDPV1 cases, seven cVDPV2 cases and six cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
  • Guinea: two cVDPV2 cases and one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
  • Nigeria: two cVDPV2 cases and five cVDPV2-environmental samples

2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 912 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 3, Benin – 11 (3 in 2021), Burundi – 1, Cameroon – 3 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 6, Chad -44 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 507 (28 in 2021), Republic of Congo – 1, Eritrea – 1, Ethiopia – 1, Ghana – 3, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 14 (13 in 2021), Malawi – 4, Mali – 2, Mozambique – 22 (2 in 2021), Niger – 16 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 48 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 5 (1 in 2021), Sudan – 1, Togo – 2, United States – 1, Yemen – 162 (69 in 2021).

2021 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases -689 in 22 Countries.  

2020 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 1,113 in 26 countries in 2020.

Quote of the Day

“Rotary is the organization that had the audacity to take on a global effort to protect children everywhere from disability or even death due to Polio. We must have the tenacity to see it to the finish line.”

— Barry Rassin, Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair

The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:

Pakistan

 

 

as of 10/14/2023

1 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 10/1/23.
4 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
3 Wild Polio cases – 2023
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022
1 Wild Polio case – 2021
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020

Afghanistan

 

 

as of 10/14/2023

0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/24/23.
WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
6 Wild Polio cases – 2023 (all from Nangarhar Province)
2 Wild Polio case – 2022
4 Wild Polio cases – 2021
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020

Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!

Terry Ziegler, Polio Update Newsletter Editor Rotary Region 36

Rotary statement on the conflict in Israel and Gaza

Rotary statement on the conflict in Israel and Gaza

Recognizing there has been protracted suffering in the long history of conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza, Rotary International urges all parties to seek avenues to peace.

At the same time, we unequivocally condemn the horrific attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians and are appalled at the number of people who have been injured, killed, and kidnapped.

As the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies, we remain deeply concerned about the potential for further escalation as well as the loss of life and the humanitarian crisis that is occurring in Gaza. We denounce the violence against innocent civilians and support upholding international humanitarian law.

Peacebuilding is both a cornerstone of Rotary’s mission and one of our areas of focus. At our core, Rotary is a common ground for people to come together – across nationalities and religions, cultures and histories – and connect around their shared belief in a better tomorrow. That connection is what humanizes us in times of conflict and builds a foundation for lasting peace.

Rotary remains committed to working with our members, partners, and communities to find long-term, sustainable solutions that support peace and development in the region and elsewhere.