PolioPlus - Eradication of Polio Worldwide

June 14, 2010

Rotary District and Club PR colleagues and all Rotarians,
As a show of support in the fight against Bill Gates signed the real ball while in Abuja, Nigeria this week. Bill Gates,  co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gave the Kick Polio Out of Africa (KPOA) campaign a boost today by signing the football which is traveling from Cape Town to Egypt ahead of the 2010 World Cup. Gates lauded Rotary's efforts to help kick polio out the continent -- and eventually out of the world. Gates also commended Nigeria for making significant gains in the fight against polio and urged them to finish the job. The ball was diverted from it's regular schedule at the request of the Gates Foundation.  Bill Gates was scheduled to be in Abuja to meet with Government and community leaders and asked to sign the ball. 
Click Here to read the Rotary news release about the signing.
Rosemary Barker Aragon, PDG D 5030
Public Image Resource Coordinator Zone 25
Rba2002@earthlink.net

Worldwide Eradication of Polio
Status as of September 22, 2009

Data in WHO HQ as of 22 Sep 2009