PolioPlus Partners
The Rotary Foundation’s PolioPlus Partners program allows individuals, Rotary clubs, and RI districts to support urgent social mobilization and surveillance projects submitted by Rotarians in polio-endemic, importation, and high-risk countries.
Through this Rotary Foundation program, Rotary clubs, districts, and individual Rotarians support the global eradication effort by providing the tools of immunization and eradication where they are most needed — in countries actively fighting the disease.
PolioPlus Partners helps purchase and distribute:
- Battery-operated megaphones and colored balloons to attract families to immunization sites
- Vaccine carriers, vial monitors, and cold boxes for vaccine maintenance and delivery
- Bicycles, boats, four-wheel-drive vehicles, and any method of transportation that ensures that every child will be reached for immunization or surveillance activities
- Specimen containers to ensure the integrity of stool samples from children who are suspected to have polio
PolioPlus Partners has a task force of dedicated Rotarians who are available to make presentations or answer questions related to Rotary’s involvement in polio eradication. Learn more about PolioPlus Partners by downloading the brochure and explore ways you can help.
Open Projects List
The PolioPlus Partners Open Projects list, updated monthly, is the primary source of information for PolioPlus Partners projects. Once a project has been funded, or the funding deadline has been reached, the project is removed from the list.