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ROTARY BASICS FOUNDATION SEMINAR Polio Plus Update
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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
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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
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2014 Where We Stand
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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
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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 http://www.endpolio.org/advocacy
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2014 What We Still Face
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2014 What Else is Being Done? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob0cG4o qDis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob0cG4o qDis
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2014 For More Information http://www.endpolio.org https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rotary- District-5300-5330-End-Polio-Now- Events/1444261952507725 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rotary- District-5300-5330-End-Polio-Now- Events/1444261952507725 Donald Tatera, District 5300 Polio Plus Chair – W: (760) 247-5393 or C: (760) 887-4096 – rotaryteamtatera@gmail.com
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