Together, We Will End Polio

Olayinka H. Babalola
RI President 2026/27

@olimposrotary.bsky.social supports #endpolio projects

Join us on Thursday 22 October at 11:00am ahead of World Polio Day to mark the significance of the day & remember everyone affected by polio

To register: https://britishpolio.org.uk/support-for-you/zoom-cafes-a-place-to-connect/zoom-cafe-register/

#Polio #PostPolioSyndrome #EndPolio

A cold box, two drops, and a knock from a team determined to reach every child.

Follow Nomena and other frontline workers fighting to #EndPolio in Madagascar 👉 https://endpol.io/3TH0DU0

Stories like this are a powerful reminder of what’s at stake in the fight against #polio. Complacency and declining confidence in vaccination could give this devastating disease an opportunity to return #poliosurvivors #EndPolio https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9lykpd0n6pdo

Behind every data point is a child. In Nigeria, stronger data is helping vaccination teams find missed communities.

Read how the data from @who.int helps in the fight to #EndPolio 👉 https://endpol.io/4yC2ND4

Next month - on Saturday 24 October, it will be World Polio Day when we'll remember the impact #polio has had, and continues to have, on lives across the UK and around the world.

Let us know what you will be doing on 24 October.

#WorldPolioDay #BritishPolioFellowship #PostPolioSyndrome #EndPolio

Walk. Run. Ride. Roll. However you move, your minutes can count in the fight to #EndPolio.

Join the Team End Polio Strava Challenge and help us reach 60 million minutes of movement by World Polio Day.

Join us at https://on.rotary.org/4ye1KK7

We have the power to #EndPolio forever, but we need everyone to play their part.

Polio cases are down 99.9%, but we can't stop right before the finish line. We have the power to make history and end polio for good!

In just four days, Madagascar vaccinated more than 1.2 million children against polio, including over 42,000 children who received their first polio vaccine.

Read more about the new generation at work to #EndPolio
👉 https://endpol.io/3TJFdpg

#UNGA81: Exceptional line-up of global leaders, health experts & advocates discuss why ending polio matters & the health benefits beyond eradication, for every child.

Watch it live on 23 Sept, 2:00pm EDT👉https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1loxvi8pw #EndPolio

Reaching every child to #EndPolio means thinking outside the box. Somalia is testing a new way to reach children missed by polio immunization campaigns.

Learn how this pilot program reached 122,000+ children under the age of 5 👉 https://endpol.io/3SmVik0

Polio cases are down 99.9%, but the disease continues to paralyze children today.

We have the power to make history and #EndPolio for good! Join us in supporting the #TeamEndPolio Challenge on Strava. bit.ly/4y3G7vZ

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Stopping transmission is only part of the challenge to #EndPolio.

Indonesia has earned global recognition for another part of securing a polio-free future: safely containing poliovirus materials 👉 https://endpol.io/4gol5Ay

Polio is 99% eliminated—but polio anywhere still puts lives at risk everywhere.

Canada is proud to stand with @unicef.org and partners in the global effort to #EndPolio.

In Pakistan, that means supporting community mobilizers working to reach and protect every child.

India has been polio-free for more than a decade. Keeping it that way takes extraordinary work.

Meet the women bringing vaccines to remote communities and leading the fight to #EndPolio for good.

👉 https://endpol.io/4qx1McL

Dedicated health workers like Debora, who walked across Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo during the latest vaccination round, make it possible to reach every child to #EndPolio.

Planning for #WorldPolioDay? Your voice can help keep eradication in the conversation.

Find new resources and graphics in the Rotary Brand Center 👉 https://endpol.io/4gK3Evp

#EndPolio #PeopleofAction