Thank you to the Welland Tribune for this article to raise awareness for World Polio Day 24/10 tomorrow. The Welland Rotary Club will be joining the Rotary Club of Fort Erie to mark this event.
Thank you to the Welland Tribune for this article to raise awareness for World Polio Day 24/10 tomorrow. The Welland Rotary Club will be joining the Rotary Club of Fort Erie to mark this event.
"When Rotary and its partners launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1985, polio paralyzed 1,000 children every day. We've made great progress against the disease since then. Polio cases have dropped by 99.9 per cent, from 350,000 cases in 1988 in 125 countries to 33 cases of wild polio virus in 2018 in just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan. And we remain committed to the end."
Read the full article: https://www.wellandtribune.ca/opinion-story/9654281-niagara-letters-to-the-editor/
