CO Rotary Club, Gates Foundation - End Polio Now

727_ Colorado Rotary Club Challenge with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - End Polio Now
"Polio is a devastating disease, and we have Polio on the ropes! We have a 99% reduction worldwide and we just have to make this final push to get rid of the last cases as a gift of our generations to all future generations, so no child has to be paralyzed, crippled for life from this terrible disease," pointed out Walter A. Orenstein, MD, is a Deputy Director for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Integrated Health Solutions Development of the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has been the leading foundation in the world addressing many of the most serious and deadly diseases in the world. Dr. Orenstein came to participate in our 'Colorado End Polio Now' campaign sponsored by the Rotary Clubs in Colorado. Steve Werner an active member of Colorado Rotary (Rotary Denver Southeast) added to the conversation. "This has been a 20 year long project of the Rotary International and all Rotary Clubs around the world including Colorado, have bought into this vision of a Polio Free World. So every Rotary Club in the world is participating in fundraising and awareness building activities and we are so fortunate to have a partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation because they have offered a $250 million Challenge grant if Rotarians worldwide would raise $100 million. We have exceeded our goal in Colorado and are on track worldwide to achieve this goal. With this final large amount of money, thanks to the generosity of the foundation, we are hoping we can reach our ultimate goal of eradicating polio." Walt added, "Polio eradication is very important to the Gates Foundation. The Gates Foundation has given more $680 million to polio eradication in the last ten years..." Larry Nelson is a polio survivor. He experienced what a terrible disease it is, and remembers... Listen for how you can be involved...
Related Links: Global Polio Eradication Initiative || End Polio Now (UN Foundation) || Gates Foundation || Rotary Club of Denver Southeast || Rotary International || Keywords: Polio, Walter A. Orenstein, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rotary Club, Global Health Program, Steve Werner, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases > 7085560 bytes - 10/26/09 LISTEN