Rotary International has designated October 24 as World Polio Day. What a tremendous opportunity to reflect on all that we have accomplished in our fight to rid the world of this dreaded disease! In 1985 we made a promise to the children of the world—we promised them that we would eradicate polio from the face of the earth. On the day that we made that promise there were 125 countries on 5 continents that were polio endemic. During the year of 1985 more than 350,000 children were paralyzed by or died as a result of the polio virus. Read more below. |