Eradicating Polio

Eradicating Polio

ROTARY CLUB’S DONATION TO END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN

Our club is continuing to support the fight against polio.

Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club is to donate £100 to the ‘End Polio Now’ campaign.

Rotarian Chris Allsop, chair of the club’s international committee, told a Zoom meeting of members that the £100 would become £300 through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Members heard that polio remains endemic in two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, where recent new cases have been reported.

Said Chris: “Millions of inoculations are still required because of the need to eradicate polio in these countries and maintain eradication in others.”

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