Since 1988, it has been Rotary’s global mission to wipe out polio, and it has been successful in reducing polio cases by 99.9%, saving over 19 million children from this terrible disease through a massive international vaccination campaign.
Since 1988, it has been Rotary’s global mission to wipe out polio, and it has been successful in reducing polio cases by 99.9%, saving over 19 million children from this terrible disease through a massive international vaccination campaign.
Showing the same commitment to health locally, the Rotary Club of Cobourg has been leading the vaccination charge for Northumberland, developing the clinic at the CCC with the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge Health Unit.
Rotarian Gord Ley took the management lead on this project, enlisting the help of several other Rotarians to serve on the development committee. In short order, the entire clinic setup was designed and built, and volunteers enlisted. In just four weeks, some 10,000 vaccinations have taken place, with the help of now over 600 volunteers.
Vaccines work and are the best investments we can make in human health and potential. World Immunization Week is a celebration of this; if we can overcome Polio on a worldwide basis, we can do the same about Covid-19.
Rotary is proud to be part of this huge human effort.