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Columbia Rotary Club Plays Role in Stopping Polio A milestone: a full year without a single case of polio caused by wild polio virus in Nigeria, the last nation in Africa to have a case of wild polio. By George Kolbenschlag The Columbia/Adair Rotary Club has played a part in the remarkable story of Rotary International’s role in the world-wide eradication of polio. In the past several years Columbia/Adair Rotarians have sent more than $2,000 in support of the very successful Rotary effort that has seen a vast reduction in the disease world wide. As a measure of the program’s success, August 11 marked a notable milestone: a full year without a single case of polio caused by wild polio virus in Nigeria, the last nation in Africa to have a case of wild polio. Beyond Nigeria, only Pakistan and Afghanistan remain polio-endemic. Just last year India was certified polio-free by the World Health Organization after going three years without an endemic case of the crippling and life threatening disease. Most Americans over the age of 60 knew someone severely crippled by the disease which peaked in 1952 with over 21,000 paralytic cases. The last wild polio case known in the U.S. was in 1979. The hard work and commitment of thousands of Rotarians and hundreds of Rotary Clubs throughout the world since Rotary initiated its Polio-Plus program in 1985 have been nothing short of heroic. Tens of thousands of health workers reached hundreds of millions of children with vaccine, in some of the most difficult conditions imaginable. In 1988, Rotary International became a spearheading partner with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the international effort to stop the spread of the crippling disease. Since that time the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about 350,000 cases a year to less than 400 confirmed in 2014. What once seemed impossible is about to be done. To date, Rotary has contributed more than $1.4 billion and countless volunteer hours to fight polio. Through 2018, every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication will be matched two-to-one by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation up to $35 million a year. This is but one of the local, national and international efforts of the Columbia/Adair Rotary Club. To learn more about the local club go to their Web page at www.rotarycolumbia-adair.org This story was posted on 2015-08-11 20:28:06
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