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Money to support final push for polio eradication NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael R. Bloomberg today announced a $100 million donation to support polio eradication efforts through Bloomberg Philanthropies. The donation will help fund the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's (GPEI) six year plan to eradicate polio. Polio is a vaccine-preventable disease that can lead to paralysis or death. Due to tremendous advances in 2012, there are today the fewest...
Marking its 108(th) anniversary, service organization urges governments at every level to support global eradication effort EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every year, Rotary clubs use the Feb. 23 anniversary of Rotary International as a platform to rally support for the humanitarian group's top priority: the global eradication of the crippling disease polio. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130222/DC64979-INFO) In a break from recent tradition...
EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- South Korean pop star Psy has joined the growing roster of public figures and celebrities participating in Rotary's "This Close" public awareness campaign for polio eradication. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130201/DC52788) Psy, whose world renowned "Gangnam Style" video has become the first in the history of the internet to reach and surpass one billion YouTube views, will help Rotary achieve its goal of a...
CINCINNATI, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cincinnati Rotary Club today announces they have selected premier Greater Cincinnati based public relations and marketing consultancy The Eisen Agency as their agency of record. The Rotary chose the award winning integrated PR firm because of a long, successful track record in leading the marketing communications efforts of a variety of local, national and regional professional services organizations. According to Cincinnati Rotary...
NEWTOWN, Conn., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Residents and former residents of Newtown, CT have formed the Newtown Alumni Fund to provide relief for the families and others affected by the tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Donations will be administered and distributed through the Newtown Rotary Club, working in concert with the Newtown Savings Bank, with no administrative costs or fees. 100% of donations will go directly to the community...
But researchers, reporting at ASTMH annual meeting, also cite barriers to complete elimination from a surge of cases in Nigeria to intensifying vaccine refusals in Pakistan Polio cases worldwide reached historic lows in 2012, and for the first time there were no new outbreaks beyond countries already harboring the disease, leaving researchers confident that a massive and re-energized international campaign to eradicate polio is on a path to success, according to presentations today at the...
'World's Biggest Commercial,' 'End Polio Now' album highlight humanitarian group's public outreach in support of global effort to end a crippling disease once and for all EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On World Polio Day (Oct. 24), Rotary International invites one and all to get online and participate in the World's Biggest Commercial, promoting the global effort to eradicate this crippling childhood disease. The innovative, interactive campaign gives...
To make a difference in health and that of the community, there needs to be a different approach.Starting Sunday October 14th at 10am in the Grenville Baker Boys and Girls Club, a Locust Valley Personal Trainer is providing a new approach to burning 1,000 lbs of fat in 8 weeks...and it's free to all North Shore Residents. Join at http://www.GetFitLocustValley.com Locust Valley, NY (PRWEB) October 10, 2012 It's common these days to see fitness programs and Long Island Gyms promise...
NEW YORK, September 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New and Existing Donors Underscore Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to End Polio Forever In a display of solidarity, leaders from around the world today vowed to capitalize on progress achieved this year and to step up the fight to eradicate polio. Heads of state from Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan stood alongside donor government officials and new donors from the public and...
Funding announcement to come during special UN General Assembly session to rally support for global eradication of crippling childhood disease EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rotary International plans to contribute US $75 million over three years to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative as part of a worldwide effort to close a $945 million funding gap that threatens to derail the 24 year-old global health effort, even as new polio cases are at an...
