ROTARY BASICS FOUNDATION SEMINAR Polio Plus Update

2014 District 5300’s Efforts Gates Foundation two-to-one match, up to US$35 million per year, through 2018 Strike Out Polio had 160 attend on August 23 from 5300 and 5330 and great sponsorships March to End Polio with District 5330 – Rescheduled to March 7, 2015

2014 Where we Stand In 1985 there were 350,000 cases of polio in 125 countries In 2013 there were 416 cases and three endemic countries – Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria

2014 Where We Stand

2014 Where We Stand Through 8/12/14 there were 139 cases in 9 countries Pakistan and Guinea have exported the virus internationally since May – Other 2014 “exporters” include Syria, Cameroon – Countries infected by Polio in 2014 include: Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Somalia and Nigeria Polio detected in sewage in Sao Paulo

2014 Where We’re Doing Rotary Supports WHO Director-General’s call for Public Health Emergency Declaration – Pakistan, Syria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Afghanistan Rotary releases $43.6 million to fight polio in Africa, Asia and Middle East for immunization, surveillance and research

2014 What We Still Face

2014 What Else is Being Done? qDis qDis

2014 For More Information District End-Polio-Now- Events/ District End-Polio-Now- Events/ Donald Tatera, District 5300 Polio Plus Chair – W: (760) or C: (760) –