“IMAGINE” A WORLD WITHOUT POLIO! DISTRICT 5710 IS HELPING MAKE IT HAPPEN!
TWENTY-THREE WEEKS WITH ZERO WILD POLIO CASES
Congratulations to all of the Clubs in 5710 who have already made significant donations to Polio Plus this year with many on the way to exceeding their annual Goal. And here’s hoping for more success for the clubs that are still planning their annual Polio Fundraiser – be it a Run, a Bake Sale, a Pancake Breakfast or taking part in a Pints4Polio microbrewery pub-crawl.
We should all be proud of the progress that has been made already towards the District Goal of at least $100,000 for Polio Plus from the clubs as we are now 70% along the path to meet or exceed last year!!! Your donations continue to make possible the success shown in our “Countdown to History” below.
And in more good news: APPROXIMATELY 585 MILLION DOSES OF NovelOPV2, have been administered to date, in 27 countries, since rollout of the vaccine began in March 2021. In 2022 alone, 385 million doses were administered, across 22 countries to prevent cVDPV. Now, 14 more countries have met WHO’S requirements to use this advanced vaccine in the event of an outbreak. In fact, in addition to ZERO Wild Polio cases, there has not been a single cVDPV case in Pakistan or Afghanistan so far at this year as more National Immunization Days continue.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ROTARY PUTS OUT IT’S OWN “END POLIO NOW” NEWSLETTER? If you go to the link below you will find a listing of various newsletters that Rotary staff produces regularly to keep us up to date on the various aspects of Rotary life. And the first one listed on this signup webpage is the End Polio Now Newsletter. If you haven’t signed up for it yet, it’s easy to do and takes about one minute to accomplish. http://rotary.highroadsolution.com/ri_preference_center/Form.aspx
Thank you for helping to keep the promise we made to children everywhere...a polio free world.
And “We are…This Close” as shown in our “Countdown to History”
Call or email me for ideas or help: Jim Arnett, Polio Plus District Chair
(913) 200-0514 ~ maajca@gmail.com
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Wild Poliovirus Weekly UpdateCOUNTDOWN TO HISTORY!
Week Ending 28 Feb 2023
Total number of wild cases in 2019: 176
Total number of wild cases in 2020: 140
Total # of wild poliovirus cases in 2021: 6
Total # of wild poliovirus cases in 2022: 30(20 in Pakistan!)
Total # of wild poliovirus cases this week: 0(For 23 Weeks!)
(compared with Total of 1 for the same period in 2022)
Total number of Circulating Vaccine Derived cases - 2023:3
(vs. totals in 2020: 1113; & 689 in 2021, with 724 in 2022)
Please Donate @ https://www.myrotary.org
OR CHECKS TO YOUR CLUB’S CHARITABLE ACCOUNT DIRECTED TO “POLIO PLUS”