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October | Polio Eradication

October | Polio Eradication

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Monthly Messages from RI President Maloney

October 2019

October 24th World Polio Day | End Polio Now

Rotary’s long-term, sustained battle against polio has defined our organization for decades. We have a right to be proud of all that we have accomplished through the years.

Our progress is real and noteworthy. In 1988, polio was endemic in 125 countries, with more than 350,000 new cases a year worldwide. Since then, Rotary and our Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners have reduced the incidence of polio by more than 99.9 percent, vaccinated more than 2.5 billion children against the virus, and prevented 18 million cases of paralysis. Over the years, Rotary has helped country after country move into the polio-free column. This includes India, which some considered impossible not long ago. Of the three types of poliovirus, type 2 has been eradicated and type 3 could soon be certified as eradicated. Nigeria has not reported a case of wild poliovirus in nearly three years. If this trend holds, we will be down to just one type of wild poliovirus in only one section of the world, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

There are major challenges in that region. But it is crucial that we remain optimistic. Look at all that we have accomplished so far. This is no time to get discouraged or to think that the task is impossible. We will end polio forever, but only if we remain steadfast and vigilant. World Polio Day is a time for Rotarians from all over the globe to come together, recognize the progress we have made in our fight against polio, and plan the action we must take to end polio forever. The keyword is action because we still have important work to do.

This year, we want to see as many Rotary clubs as possible holding World Polio Day events around the world. Need some ideas? How about organizing a viewing party for friends and club members to watch Rotary’s Online Global Update? You could also dedicate a club meeting to World Polio Day or create a fundraising event. Remember, every dollar raised is matched 2-to-1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Once you have created an event, register it at . Then promote it using the World Polio Day toolkit, available at .

Mark your calendar to tune in to Rotary’s World Polio Day Online Global Update on 24 October. This year we will stream our program on Facebook in multiple time zones around the world. Visit the Rotary International Facebook page to RSVP to your region’s program. And do not forget to follow the event on social media and share it with your network.

When we reach our goal, polio will become only the second human disease eradicated on the planet, and Rotary will receive international acclaim. But what matters most is the children who will never again have to face this terrible, disabling virus. Rotary must continue to connect the world in the effort toward polio eradication. It is up to us. Let us finish the job.

reprinted from Rotary.org [https://my.rotary.org/en/news-media/office-president/presidential-message]

October 24 – World Polio Day: One Day. One Focus: ENDING POLIO NOW!

October 24 – World Polio Day: One Day. One Focus: ENDING POLIO NOW!

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Governor Messages, MOJO Blog

October 24 – World Polio Day: One Day. One Focus: ENDING POLIO NOW!

The 1st is – The Cold Chain

The Polio vaccine must be kept cool, or it risks losing its effectiveness. The cold chain system – made up of freezers, refrigerators, and cold boxes – was developed to allow Polio workers to store the vaccine and to transport it over long distances in extremely hot weather. In Pakistan, a Measles immunization program now relies on this same system. With the help of the cold chain, Sindh Province recently reached the goal of immunizing more than 7.3 million children against Measles.

The 2nd is – Microplanning

A critical component of immunizing more children against Polio, especially in remote regions, is microplanning. A microplan allows health workers to identify priority communities, address potential barriers, and to develop a plan for a successful immunization campaign by which the vaccine reaches every child. India has used this strategy to remain Polio-free for five years and now, the Mewat District of India is using microplanning to increase it’s rates of vaccination against Measles and Rubella.

The 3rd is – Surveillance

The Polio surveillance system helps detect new cases of Polio and determines where and how these cases originated. In Borno State of Nigeria, the surveillance system is now being used to find people with symptoms of Yellow Fever. Surveillance was one of the many tactics used during a 2018 Yellow Fever outbreak that prompted vaccinations of more than eight million people.

OCTOBER 24

WORLD POLIO DAY:

ONE DAY. ONE FOCUS:

ENDING POLIO NOW!

Word of the Day: Might and Mite

Word of the Day: Might and Mite

by | Oct 1, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Might and Mite

Might
might / mīt
noun (no plural)
 
1.     superior power or force
Neither the military might nor the economic and technological development makes a nation great.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, 1920 – 2003
 
2.     physical strength
Whatever you do, do with all your might. 
Latin Proverb
 
verb
 
1.     past tense of may
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It mighthave been’. 
John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807 – 1892
 
Mite
mite / mīt
noun
 
1.     a small or tiny spider or tick of the order Acarina, some species are parasitic and often carry disease and others damage crops or stored food
Because of the varroa mite, wild honey bees are now, for all practical purposes, extinct in the United States. 
From “The Beekeeper’s Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America” by Hannah Nordhaus, ? –
 
2.     a small amount of money or donation
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the estimation of the widow’s mite, but, that it is not every one who asketh that deserveth charity; all, however, are worthy of the inquiry, or the deserving may suffer. 
George Washington, 1732 – 1799
 
3.     a small amount
Just a little every day
That’s the way
Children learn to read and write
Bit by bit and mite by mite.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1850 – 1919
 
4.     a small object, particle, grain, person or thing
Think of the totality of all Being, and what a mite of it is yours; think of all time, and the brief fleeting instant of it that is allotted to yourself; think of Destiny, and how puny a part of it you are.  
Marcus Aurelius, 121 – 180
 
5.     a coin of a very small denomination
The widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than any human, but she outdid them all. 
Saint John Chrysostom, 347 – 407

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Might and Mite

Word of the Day: Head

by | Sep 30, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Head

head / ˈhed
 
noun
 
1.      of humans and animals, the upper portion of the body, containing the face, ears and brain
You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.
Yiddish Proverb
 
2.      the mind
You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders.
English Proverb
 
3.      intellectual ability
When the government has no ears to listen with, then she has no head for governing.
Danish Proverb
 
4.      the side of a coin containing the main lettering
There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
Spencer Tracy, 1900-1967
 
5.      leader
Better the head of a village than the tail of a town.
Corsican Proverb
 
6.      person
As mills require two stones, so friendship requires two heads.
Armenian Proverb
 
7.      the top or upper portion of any object
The nail that sticks its head up is the one that gets hit.
Japanese Proverb
 
8.      a culminating moment
The civil rights movement came to a head a half-century ago, during the summer of 1964.
Don Robinson, “Freedom Summer 1964,” gazette.net
 
9.      the source of flowing water
Virtue dwells at the head of a river, to which we cannot get but by rowing against the stream.
Owen Feltham, 1602-1668
 
10.  the part of a tool or implement used to strike
[…] if you leave a hammer outside in the weather long enough, you will find itshead completely covered with rust.
Michael W. Smith, 1957-
 
11.  the spot of highest honor
If you’re always at the head of the class, then you’re in the wrong class.
John C. Maxwell, 1947-
 
12.  the toilet on a ship
In the days of sailing ships, the forerunner of today’s marine toilet was known as the head or heads as there were normally two of them, some of them being enclosed in a shelter like our old outhouse toilets.
 
13.  the end of a table opposite the foot, usually considered a position of authority
Wherever I sit is the head of the table.
H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956
 
adjective
 
1.      first; principal
The head coach has to crack down a little more.
Nate Oats, 1974-
 
verb
 
1.      to lead
I think a cosmetics company should be headed by a woman.
Leonard Lauder, 1933-
 
2.      to be in charge of something, often followed by up
In 1940, then-Senator Harry Truman headed up a Senate Special Committee to investigate the National Defense Program.
Bernie Sanders, 1941-
 
3.      to set on a course or move in the direction of
He who is too sure of himself and acts without thinking is heading for his downfall.
African Proverb
 
4.      to move in front of so as to hinder or discourage
Bacteria evolve fast, but Scott Singleton thinks that science can head them off at the pass.
‘Learning to Bust Drug-Resistant Bugs,’ article by Beth Mole,?-
 
5.      to put at the top of something
It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed ‘Wisdom’.
Ludwig Wittegenstein, 1889-1951

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Might and Mite

Word of the Day: Prepare

by | Sep 27, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Prepare

pre-pare / pri-ˈper
 
verb
 
1.      to put in a state of readiness
The way you prepare the bed, so shall you sleep.
Yiddish Proverb
 
2.      to put in a correct frame of mind
Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees.
Congolese Proverb
 
3.      to plan ahead of time
Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
English Proverb
 
4.      of medicine, to compose or put together
One may prepare cough syrup from lemon juice, honey, and olive oil.
from ‘Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants’ by Christopher Martin Cumo, ?-
 
5.      to write out beforehand
In reviling, it is not necessary to prepare a preliminary draft.
Chinese Proverb

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.