The Impact of Rotary People of Action Our

The Impact of Rotary People of Action

Our Financial Impact on the Cause of Polio Eradication Since 1985 • Rotarians have contributed over US$1. 1 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. • We have also received US$1. 0 billion in matching funds from the Gates Foundation which we have donated to polio eradication • We brought the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the polio eradication effort first through Bill Gates Sr. The BMGF has now spent over US$4. 0 billion on polio eradication. The goal of the Rotary Polio. Plus Program is the global certification of polio eradication • We convinced the US government to fund the Global Polio Eradication effort and the US Govt has now spent over $3. 5 billion. Same with Canada at $630 Million USD. And the UK at $1. 6 Billion USD. And Japan at $570 million USD.

Our Impact on the Cause of Polio Eradication • 19 million people are walking on earth who would otherwise have been paralyzed. An estimated 650, 000 cases are now prevented each year • Since 1988, 3 billion children have received oral polio vaccine • In 2019, more than 430 million children in 40+countries were vaccinated using 1. 2 billion doses of oral polio vaccine. Impact from People of Action • We have gone four years without a case of wild polio virus outside Pakistan and Afghanistan. • We have helped with other vaccine preventable diseases through Polio. Plus and have assisted the world in responding to Ebola and Covid-19.

Last Wild Polio Case in World Heath Organization Regions Luis Fermin Tenoria Americas Melik Minas Ya Fanna Ali Europe Africa Nigeria 2016 Turkey 1998 South East Asia Rukhsar Khatoon Peru 1991 Mom Chanty Western Pacific Eastern Mediterranean Region ? Cambodia 1997 8 India 2011

HOW DONATIONS WERE USED IN 2019 -2020

Polio. Plus Grants from Rotary Trustee Approved 20 October 2020 • • • • African Region Surveillance WHO 6, 132, 134 Nigeria Technical Assistance UNICEF 501, 738 Nigeria Soc Mob UNICEF 2, 424, 131 Eastern Mediterranean Region Surveillance WHO 1, 684, 314 Afghanistan Social Mobilization UNICEF 3, 109, 688 Afghanistan Operational Support WHO 4, 370, 950 Pakistan Social Mobilization UNICEF 3, 210, 000 Pakistan Operational Support UNICEF 6, 697, 408 Pakistan Operational Support WHO 6, 352, 774 Social Mobilization: Outbreak Response UNICEF 1, 535, 648 m. OPV 2 Stockpile WHO 12, 360, 000 Polio Research Grants WHO 151, 784 Polio Research Committee Operations WHO 1, 469, 431 Total $ 50, 000

We Need to Finish the Job • We will continue to advocate to the governments of the world. • Our annual goal within Rotary is US$ 50 million This is from individuals, clubs and districts. Remember the match from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Every dollar counts! • We need to stop vaccine derived cases caused by low rates of routine immunization • We need to convince parents and leaders to have their children receive the oral polio vaccine • World Polio Day is October 24 th. We Will Eradicate Polio Read more at endpolio. org and polioeradication. org

Thank you Rotarians