Rotary has announced a whooping $35 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, including another $15 million to support polio eradication efforts in five African countries.
This was contained in a press release distributed by the African Press Organisation (APO) on behalf of Rotary and made available to LEADERSHIP in Abuja yesterday.
According to Rotary, Africa in 2015, proved a hub of historic progress against the paralyzing disease with Nigeria, the last polio-endemic country in Africa, being removed from the World Health Organisation’s list of endemic countries in September, following one year without a new case of the wild virus.
“We are closer than ever to achieving a polio-free world, to ensure that no child ever again suffers the devastating effects of this disease, we must all ensure that the necessary funds and political will are firmly in place in 2016,” the statement said.
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