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About PolioPlus
Children in Myanmar participate in a polio National Immunization
Day launching ceremony. In 1985, Rotary launched the PolioPlus
program to protect children worldwide from the cruel and fatal
consequences of polio. In 1988, the World Health Assembly challenged
the world to eradicate polio.
Since that time, Rotary's efforts and those of partner agencies,
including the World Health Organization, the United Nations
Children's Fund, the United States Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, and governments around the world, have achieved
a 99 percent reduction in the number of polio cases worldwide.
Rotarians stand at the brink of a great victory and look forward
to celebrating the global eradication of polio in 2005, the
organization's centennial year.
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