(Sven Torfinn/WHO) This boy lives on a small grassy island in the middle of the Congo river - about 1 hour by boat from Kinshasa. In order to reach children like him, planners draw intricate maps detailing every single island.
New Polio Eradication Plan Launched
JULY 14, 2010Dan Nixon, Rotary International
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Strategic Plan 2010-12 was launched in Geneva last month. The new plan comes at a critical time for the GPEI.
Key endemic countries are witnessing historic gains against the disease. Nowhere is progress more evident than in Nigeria, which has reported just three cases in 2010 as of 6 July compared with 333 cases for the same period in 2009.
Read about GPEI's progress in this story by Dan Nixon: www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews
