End Polio - Africa

We are fortunate to live without the fear of polio in our children.  .  Jesse Tam participated with Rotary, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and World Health Organization (WHO) to help with polio immunization  in Africa.The fight to end  polio still exists in some countries   Join us learn more about volunteering in your community.  https://jessewa28.wordpress.com/

"Africa’s last polio case occurred in Somalia on August 11 last year. Nigeria, one of the last three polio-endemic countries, reached one year without a reported case on July 24. The World Health Organization (WHO) may soon remove Nigeria from the list of polio endemic countries. When Africa goes three years without a case of polio, WHO will certify the region as polio-free. 

A polio-free Africa has been within sight for over a decade. Health workers, community leaders, government officials, and global partners helped reach 230 million African children with the polio vaccine, in some of the most difficult conditions imaginable."  

Read more:  http://www.endpolio.org/stories/posts/africa-goes-one-year-without-a-polio-case/#more