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Rotary, Gates Foundation join in combating polio By George Kolbenschlag News from the Columbia Rotary Club Rotary International has reached its $200 million goal to match grant money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Rotary's effort to eradicate polio. Local Rotarians joined 1.2 million club members in more than 34,000 Rotary clubs throughout the world in the drive to raise the match. The Gates Foundation committed $355 million in 2007 and 2009 to Rotary's effort to combat polio with a requirement that Rotarians match $200 million of that amount by June 30, 2012. The foundation's contribution and Rotary's match are part of over $1 billion raised by Rotarians since Rotary first announced its Polio Plus program in 1985. The Gates Foundation also announced January 17 that it is awarding an additional $50 million to the program with no required match, which brings the total committed by the Foundation to $405 million in the past five years. With significant help from The Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and individual Rotary clubs and members, Rotary's Polio Plus program has been a notable success. Since 1988, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99 percent, from about 350,000 cases annually to fewer than 650 cases reported so far for 2011. The wild polio virus is now endemic in only four countries: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. However, India on 13 January marked a full calendar year without a case, paving the way for its removal from the endemic list. The Polio Plus program is one of many service projects in which the local Rotary Club is involved. Columbia Rotary Club meets the second and fourth Mondays at the Lindsey Wilson College Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY, at 6pmCT. The next meeting will be Monday, January 30, 2012. Guests are always welcome. -George Kolbenschlag This story was posted on 2012-01-23 19:49:32
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