Wait, what's an iron lung? This #WorldImmunizationWeek #Rotary & International Museum of Surgical Science presents a polio history lesson.

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I’m a Happy Rotarian making a difference one day at a Time:
Because life is about the difference we make in the lives of Others:

Service above Self 🌹
Hope Uniting Hearts 💞
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Ride against Malaria today with Rotary International RC Kisasi Kyanja raising awareness and resources for championing a malaria free uganda. Ministry of Health- Uganda ALMA2030

We value the vital role partnerships play in positive change and are proud to collaborate with Rotary International to ensure children across the #Pacific have access to lifesaving #vaccines .

Together, we’re delivering hope, health and a brighter future.

UNICEF Pacific | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 #ANCP

Thanks to Rotary International, CDC Global Health, Gates Foundation, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF Polio and other partners, we have integrated with other essential health services to meet communities’ dire needs and brought polio to the brink of eradication. It's #HumanlyPossible to #MakePolioHistory .

Join us on May 4th for Rotary Day at UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 in Paris! 🌍🕊️Engage in sessions on greening education, technology in education, and more.

Speakers include:
📌 Junior Bosila Banya
📌 Stéphane Dugast
📌 Serge Stroobants

📅 Secure your spot now: on.rotary.org/49PAGUt

Time for our monthly roundup of Rotary projects around the globe💫

From reducing school drop out rates to conducting free breast cancer screenings, Rotarians are working to create lasting change and have fun along the way!

🔗: on.rotary.org/3y1Foku

Without Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine, we couldn't have done all we have in the fight to #EndPolio . Now Dr. Peter Salk is carrying on his father's legacy.

🎧Listen to the new episode of the Rotary Voices podcast to learn about this extraordinary family: on.rotary.org/salk-pod

Nigeria worked hard to eradicate wild polio from its borders 🇳🇬 Thanks to a new vaccine - nOPV2 - it's making immense strides in eliminating variant polio too.

➡️Learn more about Nigeria's extraordinary success story: on.rotary.org/3W971Ci #EndPolio #WorldImmunizationWeek

Just 2 polio drops can make a world of difference in the life of a child. A donation to EndPolioNow helps Rotary International and partners obtain the vaccines, transport, and personnel needed in the fight to #EndPolio for good: endpol.io/give

Participate in #World #Immunization #Week , with Rotary International. We know that vaccines work you can support your communities to fight vaccine-preventable diseases such as malaria, COVID-19, HPV, and hepatitis. And, we have been using them successfully for decades to end #polio .

🌍 This #WorldMalariaDay join us in celebrating the impact of Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia, supported by Rotary, World Vision, Gates Foundation, and Malaria Partners International. Thanks to 2,500 community health workers, nearly 1.2 million malaria cases have been treated.

Just 2 polio drops can make a world of difference in the life of a child. A donation to EndPolioNow helps Rotary International and partners obtain the vaccines, transport, and personnel needed in the fight to #EndPolio for good: endpol.io/give

Achieving a polio-free world requires tenacious surveillance 🔍🔬 But how does this critical process work? Here's a hint 👉 💩

🔗: on.rotary.org/48xYw7w #EndPolio #WorldImmunizationWeek

Every year, Rotary International and partners work together to immunize 400 million children against polio, bringing us closer to a world free from this preventable disease. Together, we’re not just saving lives, we’re writing history. #EndPolio #WorldImmunizationWeek EndPolioNow Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

🤔 Why do we believe #VaccinesWork ?

💡Because thanks to vaccines, we have gone from wild polio cases in 125 countries in 1988 to just 2️⃣ countries today. #EndPolio #WorldImmunizationWeek

At #Rotary24 breakout sessions allow you explore new ideas. Maybe you want to run a carbon-neutral event or find new partners to collaborate with, whatever the topic there's a way to explore it.

Find a breakout session that interests you💫 on.rotary.org/4ddLMoX

Save the date 🧠

📌: Mental Health Awareness Month
📅: 1 May

Join us as we Create Hope in the World by discussing how our community raises awareness around mental health and wellbeing, expands access to mental healthcare, and reduces the stigma around hard conversations.

Thank you to polio survivor and End Polio Now Coordinator RAMESH FERRIS for sharing his powerful story at a side event during the World Bank & IMF meeting. He reminded us why we must continue investing in childhood immunization to #EndPolio and create a healthier world for all.

Happy #EarthDay !

Harvest Against Hunger, a program of Rotary District 5030 (Washington, USA), collects produce that might otherwise go to waste and connects it to people who face food insecurity.

Their 🔑 to making an impact on people and planet? Partnerships.