Gates Foundation announces an additional $50 million to end polio SAN DIEGO, CA — Despite a sagging global economy, Rotary clubs around the world have succeeded in raising more than US$200 million in new funding for polio eradication. The fundraising milestone, announced last week at Rotary’s annual International Assembly in San Diego, was ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — Rotarians all over the world have been working since 1985 to eradicate polio from the face of the earth. Polio is the shortened name of poliomyelitis, the crippling disease caused by the poliovirus. One in 200 cases results in paralysis, which leads to the limbs of the victim becoming limp and disfigured. The paralysis is almost ... Read More