October 24th marks World Polio Day, a day to recognize the 35-year fight to end polio world-wide. This year, the Wakefield Rotary Club re-committed to helping eradicate the disease after raising thousands of dollars over the past ten years by raising awareness and education.
Wakefield Rotarians supporting polio eradication.
Today, the world is 99.9% polio-free. Rotarians and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative across the globe engage communities to help finish the job and end this paralyzing disease. From encouraging vaccine acceptance, to sharing factual vaccination information, to calling on elected officials to fund polio eradication, there are so many ways in which the community can each support polio eradication efforts. Once eradicated, polio will be only the second human disease ever to be eradicated.
To learn more, visit endpolio.org.