End Polio Now

Welcome to the End Polio Now pages

End Polio Now is the most ambitious programme in Rotary's history. For more than 30 years Rotary has led the global effort to rid the world of this crippling disease.

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Nearly 3 billion children have been vaccinated, preventing more than 18 million people being paralysed. More than 650,000 paralytic cases of polio are now prevented every year. More than 1.8 million childhood deaths have been prevented.

Once polio is eradicated, the world will be able to celebrate a major global advantage that will benefit all children, whatever their origins.

The goal of a polio free world is tantalisingly close. Wild polio virus types 2 and 3 have been eradicated. Only in Pakistan and remote parts of Afghanistan is the Wild Type 1 polio virus circulating.

On 25th August 2020, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region, was officially certified free from wild poliovirus , signifying a major milestone in the battle to eradicate the disease worldwide.

This progress is the result of a decades-long effort across the 47 countries which make up the WHO’s African region and now means that five of the six WHO regions, which represent 90% of the world’s population, are free of wild polio.

Below are links to leaflets and fact sheets. You can click on each one to download it. The first two are also available to buy from the End Polio Now Guernsey website

Click here for a useful Basic Fact Sheet

World Polio Surveillance - Current WHO Stats

Latest position for 2024 (as at 31 August 2024)

Afghanistan 17 this year so far in 2024.
Pakistan 16 cases so far in 2024.

Occupied Palestinian Territory  One cVDP2 case first in Territory in 25 years.
19,000 vaccinated so far but long queues for over 64,000 vaccinations 

Final position for 2023
10 cases of Wild Polio Virus in Pakistan (5) and Afghanistan (6).
373 cVDPV cases

Final position for 2022
30 cases of WPV1 
656 cVDPV cases

Final position for 2021
5 cases of WPV1
583 cVDPV cases

A new oral vaccine eliminates the risk of vaccine derived polio and is yet another big step towards complete eradication.

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For information about fund raising, go to the RotaryGBI Purple4Polio pages.

Guernsey Rotary Club End Polio Now shop. Click here to buy bears, clothing and lots of items you can sell to raise funds