30 years ago, Rotary vowed to eradicate Polio from the whole world. We’re nearly there!
Friday 24th July marked one year since the last case of wild poliovirus was found in Nigeria, the only remaining country in Africa where polio had never been stopped. This achievement could signal that the world will soon see a polio-free Africa, a major milestone in global public health.
Rotary — the global organization composed of more than 34,000 community-based Rotary clubs — has been a leader in the fight to eradicate polio since 1985, when it launched PolioPlus, the first global initiative to immunize children against polio. The organization has contributed more than $US 1.4 billion to efforts to end the disease.

Local Rotary clubs have done their part too. Last year our Rotary District gave US$33,377 to the End Polio Now campaign. In recent years volunteers have assisted with immunisation campaigns in India, including Jenny Black, Janette Wilcox, Jan Bradbury, Jane Dillon, Suzanne Marshall and Rex Morris.

Nigeria celebrates 1 year polio free! (Rotary Nelson media release July 2015)
an update; “Nigeria has stopped Polio, WHO says”, from the Wall Street Journal 25 Sep 2015
EndPolioNow – a international website for this campaign
Rotary gives US$40.4 million to end polio worldwide – our latest contribution, Oct 2015
Rotary International website – read more about this and other international projects