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Rotary making
progress on polio
WOODSTOCK — The Rotary Club of Putnam marked historic progress toward a polio-free world and urge the local community to help wipe out the disease Oct. 29. A program was presented by Nick Marshall, a polio survivor.
Rotary and its partners launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative more than three decades ago and cases have dropped by 99.9 percent. In 2018 in just two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan, had cases. The goal is zero cases.
Rotary has contributed more than $1.9 billion to ending polio since 1985, including $50,000 donated by the Rotary Club of Putnam.
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