The Rotary Club of Demerara is inviting the public to “fund the fight” against polio and to join its 27 years-long mission to eradicate the disease. World Polio Day was celebrated yesterday.
“Since 1985, Rotary has contributed nearly $1.2 billion and countless volunteer hours to the protection of more than two billion children in 122 countries,” the Club said in a press release.
The disease remains endemic in three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan — although other countries remain at risk for imported cases.
According to the Mayo Clinic, poliomyelitis or polio is a contagious viral illness that in its most