Polio Eradication Update
For The Week Ending 06/06/20
Rotary’s World-wide 2019-20 Rotary Year Polio Fundraising Goal is
$150 Million – Including the Gates Foundation $2 to $1 Match
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!
PolioPlus: Zero Is The Magic Number!
Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW & FOREVER!
19,100,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988
| Total paralysis cases | Year-to-date 2020 |
Total 2019 |
Total 2018 |
Total 2017 |
Total 2016 |
| Globally |
61 |
176 | 33 | 22 | 37 |
| – in endemic countries: |
61 |
176 |
33 |
22 |
37 |
| – in post-endemic countries: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
Wild Polio cases reported this week:
Pakistan 0, Afghanistan 0, Nigeria 0
2020 Wild Polio Case Breakdown by Country ( Numbers in parenthesis are 2019 Totals)
Endemic Countries – 49 Pakistan (2019-147), 12 Afghanistan (2019-29),
0 Nigeria (2019-0)
Terry Ziegler, bigzlumber@aol.com Rotary Region 26 Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser