Polio and why vaccines are so important today.

World Immunization Week – celebrated in the last week of April (24 to 30 April) – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunization saves millions of lives every year and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Yet, there are still nearly 20 million children in the world today who are not getting the vaccines they need.
 

We will be joined by Joan Toone, a polio survivor from the Rotary Club of Victora. She will share her story of polio and why vaccines are so important today.

Vaccines Work and are the best investments we can make in human health & potential. Thanks to the polio vaccine, the world’s seen a 99.9% reduction in polio cases since 1988, Through the science of immunization, Rotary & partners have saved nearly 19 million children from becoming paralyzed by polio.