Rotary's Polio Battle has been long, hard & costly.
The Polio battle has been going on for many years
The Polio battle has been going on
for many years. Rotary's polio battle can be won, but we need your help
to win the battle.
Please help
us now by making a donation.
Help Eradicate Polio World-Wide
Please help the Carbondale Rotary Club by making your donation to our
club at <br>
Please help the Carbondale Rotary Club by making your donation to our club at
Carbondale Rotary Club
PO Box 538
Carbondale, CO81623
Rotary is working hard
to eradicate polio world-wide. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has
committed $255 million to help us if Rotary International can raise $100
million by mid-2012. The spearheading partners of the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative are the World Health Organization, Rotary International, U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
We will pass your donation
along to Rotary International.
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Bill Gates challenges Rotarians again with another grant to eradicate polio!
Bottom Line: Bill Gates, of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
announced on January 21, 2009 that the foundation will add
Bottom Line: Bill Gates, of the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, announced on January 21, 2009 that the foundation
will add $255 million to the $100 million already
committed to Rotary International's efforts to eradicate polio if Rotary can
come up with $200 million by the middle of 2012.
The Last Four Countries in the World
The Last Four Countries in the World
(Editor's note:
How much do you know about how polio is being
eliminated in the last four countries in the world? This is a condensed version
of the 15 page enlightening article entitled "Follow the Polio Road" by Diana
Schoberg that tells the story of how India is battling
the spread of polio. The article appeared in the December 2008 issue of
the Rotarian magazine).
How much vaccine does it take
How much vaccine does it take?
Two drops of polio vaccine in
every child's mouth is the goal. The vaccine must be kept below 40 degrees Fahrenheit for it to stay effective. It is packed
in boxes of 1,000 vials which is enough to immunize 20,000 children. The 1,000 vials hold 40,000 drops of the vaccine,
if my math is correct.
Creating and getting the vaccine to the field.
After the vaccine is created
in India, it is stored in walk-in freezers until it is shipped
on dry ice to an area where it will be administered. The journeys can last up
to 8 hours in heat of 110 degrees
Fahrenheit or more. There the vials are again kept in freezers, (or for
short-term storage, in ice-lined refrigerators), for up to a month. In the
field, volunteers carry vials of vaccine in small coolers that hold four ice
packs. This process is called the "cold
chain"
How can you tell if the vaccine goes bad? Each vial has a white circle on the
label that darkens as the temperature of the vaccine rises. When the circle
turns to the same color as the label, the
vial must be discarded. All of the volunteers know when and why the vaccine
goes bad.
At the top of his cap it says "THE FINAL PUSH"
Finding cases of critical stage polio
Finding cases of critical stage polio.
Itsextremely
important that no cases of polio in the critical stage be missed. India's National Polio Surveillance Project is a
partnership between the World Health Organization and the government of India. Its like a spy agency that
gathers intelligence about the poliovirus' whereabouts that pinpoints where its
circulating and generically maps its origin, so that the necessary resources
can be strategically deployed to where they are needed the most.
How Rotary is making a difference.
Between 2007 and 2008, one of
India's critical area's percent of polio victims was
reduced from 70% to 29%. The
difference was the result of help from a Rotary-led initiative of Muslim
leaders educating Muslim communities about the safety of the polio vaccine.
There are approximately 100,000 Rotarians living and working
with Indian citizens in every state in India.
$4,250,000,000 (that's BILLION) US dollars.
Rotary and its partners have
mobilized US$4.25 billion from
public sector donors for global polio eradication. In India the government has committed nearly $700 million to
help eradicate polio.
The final four. India is one of four remaining polio endemic countries. The
others are Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
Broadcasting the date and place of the immunization day.
The action begins immediately
with an awareness campaign in the area with banners, pamphlets, maps, etc.
announcing the immunization day. The vaccine is shipped, unloaded and
transported while keeping the "cold chain" intact. Volunteers are trained to
administer the vaccine, how to give the drops and how to use the vial monitor.
Makeshift shelters are constructed where families can rest overnight during the
multiday journeys to get to the immunization booths.
Purple pinkys
Children that have been immunized get a purple finger nail painted on
their pinky. Children without a purple pinky are directed to booths to get
their two drops.
12,000 drops per second
! !
In April 2008 almost 73 million children were immunized in India. That's 146,000
drops or about 6,000 children per second ! !
Dictionaries for Third Graders - 11/20/09
Charlotte Vanderhurst telling the third graders about how Rotary is working hard to rid the world of polio. Go to the Video page to see a 5 minute video of the children getting their dictionaries.
Highway 82 Clean-up day - 05/27/09
The 7th orange bag full of the day.
Highway 82 Clean-up day - 05/27/09
Highway 82 never looked better!
Carbondale Rotary Club Community Grants-1 - 11/26/08
Our Carbondale Rotary Club chose ten area non-profits to receive grant awards totaling $10,750 at our fall granting cycle. The money came mostly from the club's annual Great Balls of Fire party that is held the first weekend in June every year.
This is Jayne Poss, of the Raising a Reader program, thanking the Carbondale Rotary Club for the grant that will fund books and bags for preschoolers.
Carbondale Rotary Club Community Grants-2 - 11/26/08
Sara Plesset, of the Carbondale Community Nonprofit Center, saying "thank you" for the Club's grant which will help to fund offices for local non-profits.
Carbondale Rotary Club Community Grants-3 11/26/08
Frank McSwain, representing Valley View Hospital's Meals on Wheels program,
telling us how much the grant means to the program.
Carbondale Rotary Club Community Grants-4 11/26/08
Stacy Stein accepting the Rotary grant on behalf of the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program.
Hwy 82 Clean Up Project
The Carbondale Rotary Club is reponsible to clean up Highway 82 from Highway 133 east towards Aspen at mile 13 and 14.
Highway 82 sping clean up
Joe Goodman at Mile 14 on Highway 82.
Fall Highway 82 Clean Up - 10/08/08
Some of Highway Clean Up Team just before leaving for the barbecue dinner at Kenny and Sue Hopper's.
