The Facts
1 Polio mainly affects children under age 5.
2 There is no cure, but polio is preventable with a vaccine.
3 Only two countries remain endemic.
4 We’ve reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988.
5 Until we end polio forever, every child is at risk.
Rotary members have helped build extensive polio infrastructure that has been used to respond to COVID-19 and, in 2014, the Ebola crisis, as well as to protect communities from yellow fever and bird flu.
We are so close....but we need your help to END POLIO NOW!