End Polio Now Event Held in Hurghada
Reporter: Rotary Club of Red Sea - El Gouna
Rotary Club of Red Sea - El Gouna and Rotary Club of Hurghada
Cosmopolitan joined Rotary District 2451 Egypt to held an End Polio Now event on Friday 25th October 2019, at Soho Square in Hurghada City Center Mall.
The event was to highlight the work of Rotary members around the world to mark historic progress toward a polio-free world while urging the community to help end the paralyzing disease.
Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5.
Most know it as polio virus. The virus is spread person to person,
typically through contaminated water. It can attack the nervous system, and in some instances, lead to paralysis. Although there is no cure, there is a safe and effective vaccine – one which Rotary and our partners use to immunize over 2.5 billion children worldwide.
Unless we eradicate polio, within 10 years, as many as 200,000 new cases could occur around the world each year. In the past few years, only two countries have reported cases of polio caused by the wild virus, but no child anywhere is safe until we’ve vaccinated every child.
The only way to end polio is together.
Containing polio to just 3 countries is a tremendous achievement, and proof of what’s possible when we come together. Help us shine a spotlight on polio by advocating, fundraising, and educating on the need to end polio now.
Every donation helps us obtain the vaccines, transport and materials
needed in the fight against polio.
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