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  • Title: "PolioPlus", a booster shot.
    Author: Sever JL, McQuestion MJ, Stucky JH, Rock M.
    Journal: World Health Forum; 1992; 13(1):10-4. PubMed ID: 1637460.
    Abstract:
    In 1979, Rotary International, a US-based voluntary service organization, began its immunization efforts in collaboration with WHO and other groups. That year it and a private Canadian donor sent 4 tons of polio vaccines and 683,000 doses of tetanus toxoid to the Philippines. A large-scale measles immunization project in southern India proposed by Canadian and Indian Rotarians in 1980 received grants from Rotary International and the Canadian International Development Agency to immunize 3 million children. In 1982, it expanded its goal to immunization of all children in the world by 2005. By 1985, it formed its Polio Plus Program. Polio Plus provides grants to ministries of health after assuring that the ministries have a WHO-approved plan for immunization and agree to not hold Rotary International accountable for any problems and that local Rotarians support the project. By mid-1990, most grants had gone to southeast Asia (31%), sub-Saharan Africa (23%), and Latin America (22%). In early 1989, Rotary International had purchased 80% of the polio vaccine issued by PAHO and UNICEF. Local Rotarians along with colleagues from other countries organize social mobilization efforts. They also receive training manuals and undergo practical training via international voluntary exchanges. The manuals discuss vaccine promotion, organizing a delivery system, and training teams to help with immunization and monitor outcomes. Various ways Rotarians publicize programs are posters, banners, children's demonstrations, and radio and TV spots. They also provide refrigerated vehicles, participate in censuses, and sponsor workshops for health professionals. In late 1988, it gave PAHO and WHO grants to improve immunization efforts. By mid-1990, Rotary International fund-raising efforts had generated US$ 210 million with an additional US$ 20 million promised. It has invested these funds.
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