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1 Spring 2016 PolioPlus Update Joe Reardon, MD; District PolioPlus Chair D7710 Mid-Year Assembly Agenda Update on eradication progress Key messages for your club Special Initiatives in 2016

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3 Polio Plus Progress Last wild poliovirus type 2 in the world Last wild poliovirus type 3 in the world

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5  All remaining cases of wild poliovirus this year are on the Pakistan / Afghanistan border  Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (CVDPV) outbreaks sporadically in 2015 2016 Monitoring

6 Monitoring

7 Source: Daily Pioneer, India 2016: Elimination of Oral Polio Vaccine April 2016: All countries using injectable vaccine Going Away: Oral Vaccine

8 Polio remains the most unsung global health priority. –The greatest gift you can offer the world! Success is accelerating. –Pakistan’s plan: elimination by end of 2016 –New vaccination agreement with the Taliban The cost of failure is unfathomable. –Continued paralysis, outbreaks, costly control Messages for your Club

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10 Guest Speakers for your club! Polio Plus Society Zone Goal of $1500 per club to PolioPlus World Polio Day Oct 24, 2015 –Walk for Polio To sign up, email Joseph.Reardon@alumni.duke.edu 2016 Special Initiatives

11 Recognizing those Rotarians who commit to Rotary and PolioPlus by giving $100 per year until eradication Coming soon! Polio Plus Society

12 Advocacy, energy & generosity of every Rotarian is essential to reach 'every last child'.


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