We need your voice to end polio
Rotary News -- 6 September 2012
The fight to end polio is at a tipping point between success and failure. Last year, there were fewer than 700 cases worldwide, giving us a unique and historic opportunity to end polio now. But our progress is threatened by a funding shortfall of US$945 million, a gap that must be closed immediately if we are to succeed.
Vaccination campaigns are being cut, raising the risk that polio will rebound, just as we've reduced it to its lowest levels in history.
We need your help! World leaders will be meeting in New York at the end of September for the United Nations General Assembly. Now is our chance to tell the governments of the world to fund the final push needed to eradicate polio.
Send them a message to fund the fight to end polio at
www.endpolio.org/advocacy.
Together, we must educate and activate individuals, organizations, and most importantly, governments, to keep up the fight to end polio now.