What is that Polio Picture? Many Rotarians are now engaged in ways to increase Polio Eradication awareness and fundraising around World Polio Day (Oct 24). Have you considered an event like this one at Audi Field in Washington DC? See the picture attached. Five dollars from each ticket goes to fight Polio and groups of ten or more get a shout-out on the video screen.
Tickets: https://fevo.me/rotary22dcu
Questions? Contact Sam McGrath 202-915-5060
or smcgrath@dcunited.com
- Great News! Thanks to your great generosity and advocacy, we reached our Rotary-wide $50 Million 2021-22 Rotary Year fundraising goal to earn the maximum $100 Million $2 to $1 matching grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation!
- Let’s do it again in 2022-23! The World Polio Day time period is a great time to raise funds for our #1 Priority – Global Polio Eradication.
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 383 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 1, Benin – 4 (3 in 2021), Chad – 18 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 110 (28 in 2021), Eritrea – 1, Ghana – 2, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 8 (13 in 2021), Mozambique – 4 (2 in 2021), Niger – 10 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 33 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 3 (1 in 2021), Togo – 1, United States – 1, Yemen – 127 (69 in 2021) .
New Polio Cases & Samples This Week – Cote d’ Ivoire – 1 cVDPV2 Sample, D R Congo – 4 cVDPV1 Cases + 28 cVDPV2 Cases, Pakistan – 5 WPV1 Samples, United States – 1 cVDPV2 Case. Yemen – 8 cVDPV2 Cases.
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
“Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”“
— Yoda
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 9/17/2022
0 new Polio cases were reported this week.
17 Wild Polio cases – 2022 (1 Wild Polio case, 2021). The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 8/21/22.
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020.
1 WPV1 or cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
as of 9/17/2022
0 new Polio cases reported this week.
1 Wild Polio case – 2022, (4 Wild Polio cases, 2021). The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 1/11/22.
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020.
0 WPV1 & CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!
Terry Ziegler, Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser Rotary Region 36
