End Polio Now 24th October 2026. 4000 Purple Crocus Bulbs to be planted
This year Walsall Rotary Club are providing 4000 Purple Crocus bulbs to local schools and charities to plant in their gardens. The purple Crocus has been used to represent Rotary Internationals aim to eradicate polio from the world. Small isolated cases still occur in remote parts of Pakistan and Iran. The vaccination programmes run around the world aim to have everyone immunised from this disease.
UNICEF and WHO can vaccine 100 people with Polio vaccine for £00.17p per dose.
About Polio: Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e.g. contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis.
The Aim: The ultimate aim of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), as it aims to achieve a lasting world free of all forms of poliovirus, is to reach and vaccinate every single child, multiple times, with polio vaccines. Whether through routine immunization or supplementary immunization activities.
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