24 lakh volunteers, 1.5 lakh supervisors, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and Rotary come together on this day to drive one of the biggest campaign - To End Polio from this world. 17 crore children of less than 5 years of age are given polio drops to sustain the polio-free status of India. And in Karnataka , 32,908 booths have been set up with, as many as 49,338 teams formed comprising 1,10,179 vaccinators to make this world Polio Free on the National Immunization Day . This year the campaign will go on till 2nd February 2021 ! From 3,50,000 children affected by Polio in 122 countries of the world in the ’80s, the global partnership of Rotary with WHO, UNICEF, Centre for the Control of Diseases and Prevention (CDC), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and numerous other partners, the world as of now is free of polio except in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rotary has contributed more than $1.7 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunise more than 2.5 billion children in countries worldwide so far. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have also played a significant role in decisions by donor governments to add more than $7.2 billion to the effort. Hence, today felt proud to play a minuscule role in helping to free the world from one of the biggest health challenges faced by the world ! And finally a big salute to the government medical staff and all the volunteers who are making sure that strict COVID-19 protocol is followed ! Happy #Rotarian ! @rotaryeconnect #RotaryInternacional #endpolio (at Jigani) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKtcUj9AFFJ/?igshid=1w1zbb0b1770t
