What is that Polio Picture? Some people go to extreme heights to Eradicate Polio - Like the amazing Kurt Matzler who on Saturday completed a solo Race Across America bicycle race (from Oceanside,CA to Annapolis, MD) - a total of 3,017.8 miles...
Support for a Polio-Free Pakistan
What is that Polio Picture? Pakistan - Young cricket fans show their support for a polio-free Pakistan at a recent test match between Pakistan and Australia Did You Know? that there are 15-20 million polio survivors in our world? And that 60-75%...
Under the Moon
What is that Polio Picture? Under The Moon - Can you name the location of this picture and name all of the people in it? Did You Know? That over 350,000,000 doses of the new Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Type 2 have been used in eighteen countries...
Yemen – Reported 28 new cVDPV2 cases this week.
What is that Polio Picture? Yemen - Reported 28 new cVDPV2 cases this week. Almost two-thirds of the areas reporting the bulk of cVDPV2 cases have not implemented any type 2-containing polio vaccination campaign, underscoring the risk both to...
health leaders convening Urge end polio
Rotarians from around the world are gathering this week in Houston, USA, for the annual Rotary International Convention. More than 1.2 million Rotary members around the world remain committed to the goal of polio eradication, raising awareness and...
Children under 5 vaccinated in Benin
What is that Polio Picture? Children under 5 years are vaccinated with the new Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Type 2 (nOPV2) in the Lakeside city of Aguegue in Benin. (Oueme Department) © WHO/Benin In Pakistan, getting everything right that’s necessary...
Palestinian Ministry of Health launch vaccination campaign
On Monday, May 16, the Palestinian Ministry of Health launched round one of a polio vaccination campaign targeting all children under age five in the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Mozambique - a new Wild Polio Type 1 Case was reported in...
Children in Karachi wait for polio vaccine
What is that Polio Picture? This picture shows A health worker administers the oral polio vaccine to a young girl as other children wait for their turn at a school in Karachi, Pakistan, where a case of wild polio was reported for the first time in...
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Scott is a Rotarian in the Kearney Dawn Rotary Club of Kearney, NE