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Three-year-old Madsa is carried by her sister

after receiving a polio vaccine during a door-to-door campaign

in Maroua, Cameroon. ©Gates Archive/Dominique Catton

ABU DHABI, 19 November 2019
– Today, global leaders convened at the
Reaching the Last Mile (RLM)
Forum in Abu Dhabi to affirm their commitment
to eradicate polio and pledge
US$2.6 billion as part of the first phase
of the funding needed to implement the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s
Polio Endgame Strategy 2019-2023.

This pledging event comes on the heels
of a major announcement last month
that the world has eradicated two of the three
wild poliovirus strains,
leaving only wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1)
still in circulation.
Additionally, Nigeria – the last country in Africa
to have cases of wild polio –
has not seen wild polio since 2016
and the entire WHO African region could be
certified wild polio-free in 2020.
Thanks to the dedicated efforts of health workers,
governments, donors and partners,
wild polio only circulates in two countries:
Pakistan and Afghanistan.

“From supporting one of the world’s
largest health workforces,
to reaching every last child with vaccines,
the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
is not only moving us closer to a polio-free world,
it’s also building essential health infrastructure
to address a range of other health needs,
” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
Director-General of the World Health Organization
and Chair of the Polio Oversight Board.
“We are grateful for the generous pledges
made today and thank governments,
donors and partners for standing with us.
In particular, I would like to thank
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi for hosting
the GPEI pledging moment
and for his long-term support for polio eradication.”

The commitments announced today
come at a critical time for the polio eradication effort.
Barriers to reaching every child –
including inconsistent campaign quality,
insecurity, conflict, massive mobile populations,
and, in some instances,
parental refusal to the vaccine –
have led to ongoing transmission
of the wild poliovirus
in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Further, low immunity to the virus in parts
of Africa and Asia where not all children
are vaccinated has sparked outbreaks
of a rare form of the virus.
To surmount these obstacles and protect
450 million children from polio every year,
governments and donors announced
significant new financial commitments
toward the $3.27 billion
needed to support the Polio Endgame Strategy.

Pledges are from a diverse array of donors,
including: US$160 million from the host
of the pledging moment
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed
bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi;
countries, including US$215.92 million
from the United States,
US$160 million from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
US$105.05 million from Germany,
US$84.17 million from the Federal Government of Nigeria,
US$10.83 million from Norway, US$10.29 million
from Australia, US$7.4 million
from Japan, US$2.22 million
from Luxembourg, US$1.34 million
from New Zealand, US$116,000
from Spain, and US$10,000
from Liechtenstein; GPEI partners,
including US$1.08 billion from
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
and US$150 million from Rotary International;

philanthropic organizations,
including US$50 million from
Bloomberg Philanthropies,

US$15 million from the Tahir Foundation,
US$6.4 million from the United Nations Foundation,
US$2 million from Alwaleed Philanthropies,
US$1 million from the Charina Endowment Fund,
and US$1 million from Ningxia Yanbao Charity Foundation;
and the private sector,
including US$1 million from Ahmed Al Abdulla Group,
US$1 million from Al Ansari Exchange,
and US$340,000 from Kasta Technologies
. Earlier this month, the United Kingdom
announced it would contribute up to
US$514.8 million to the GPEI.

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Salk would have been richer by $7 billion if his vaccine were patented.

On April 12, 1955, the day the Salk vaccine

was declared “safe, effective and potent,”

legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Morrow

interviewed its creator and asked who owned the patent.

“Well, the people, I would say,” said Salk

considering the millions of charitable donations

raised by the March of Dimes that funded

the vaccine’s research and field testing.

“There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

Lawyers for the foundation had investigated

the possibility of patenting the vaccine

but did not pursue it, in part because of Salk’s reluctance.

The cost of the vaccine would have gone up by 25%

if the patent licensing costs are included.

VIDEO

Christmas Hamper Packing day 1 - 1,000 hampers down

and 2 more days to go!

Huge thank you to our hard working vollies

from Rotary Club of Heirisson, City Toyota and Nova 937 🙌

Donate a Give a Feed Christmas hamper today at

www.giveafeed.com.au

Laura and Darren Perera were at Foodbank WA

this morning packing food boxes for families

that can not afford a meal this Xmas

. The team from Rotary Herrison had 15 volunteers,

there were about 30 in total and

we managed to get 1000 boxes done in about 3 hours.

#GiveAFeed https://www.giveafeed.com.au

Our Rotary Club has been awarded a Shelterbox Bronze Champion Award

for 2018-2019 as one of the elite clubs that are dedicated

to ensuring that families affected by natural disasters

have shelter in their time of need.

With the growing number of natural disasters we are pleased

to be able to provide much needed help when we can.

Happy work anniversary to our President Donna.

25 years at Westpac a wonderful achievement.

All our members and friends say congratulations !

Wow, a week already!

It’s been seven days since Stirk Park lit up with our third-ever

Opera at Twilight.

Thank you to the many dedicated Rotarians and Rotaracterss

who helped bring the night together

Ron Letch Award

On Oct 24th members of our club were hosted by

the Rotary Residential College where we enjoyed dinner

in the courtyard along with the residents and staff of the college

. The evening culminated with our club presenting

the Ron Letch award to, Karryn Buller,

the boarder selected as the worthy winner of this award.

The Rotary Residential College,

which is located near the corner of Berwick St and Kent St,

is a boarding college for students from years 7 to 12,

and enables country students to high schools in Perth,

predominantly Kent St SHS and Como SHS.

A BIG THANK YOU to the City Rotarians, Rotary Youth Exchange Students

and our friends who participated in this morning’s

river embankment cleanup in East Perth!

More than 20 kilograms of glass, plastics, bottles and other debris

was removed from the environment, thanks to our efforts.

#RotaryinWA #perth #plasticfree #keepaustraliabeautiful #savetheplanet #rotaryinternational

We're sending a BIG thank you to Wayne Evans

and the entire team at Cyclemania North Perth

who donated this amazing electric bike to our

recent online fundraising auction!

City Rotarian, Jan Owen was the lucky bidder (pictured)

who was over the moon at having won the 'bidding war'.

Special thanks must also go to Chris Bishop who helped to facilitate

the donation and introduce us to Cyclemania.

And, for those of you who really wanted to win this bike,

just remember that you can still buy one from Cyclemania direct

at 433 Charles St, North Perth.

#RotaryinWA #cylces #bikes #electricbikes #auction #charity #savetheenvironment

Past District Governor Charles Johnson presenting the

Presidential Citation earned by our club, during 2018-19,

to past president Tony.

A pat on the back for our members.

Our Vocational visit to Ilkua was certainly an eye opener for many of us,

and Bernie did a great job of driving the bus.

The North Capel Operations are the processing plant

for all of Iluka’s Sand Mining with shipments

coming from their mines at

Eneabba, South Australia, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka.

As well as having a tour of the processing facility

we then proceeded to the North Tutunup mine site

which is currently undergoing restoration works

The annual Christmas Fish night was enjoyed by

Members, Partners and friends of Rotary

on Monday, 25th November 2019.

A great evening was had by all,

and thanks to those that organised the evening.

The Swap Meet team introduced the BBQ trailer (now 92.5% complete)

and some new signage last Sunday.

City of Stirling Mayor Mark Irwin told us that big things

are happening in our city.

The chief among these is the

new shopping centre upgrades at Karrinyup.

The city is currently in the process of re-inventing itself

and focussing on relationship management

and customer service, especiallly with small business.

80 to 90% of commerce in our city is small business.

There are some huge future projects in the pipleline

with talk of a light rail for Scarborough Beach Road

being just one of these.

Council representatives will travel to Canberra

in the near future seeking assistance

with some of the future plans

Club Sun Downer

At a recent Sausage Sizzle

Wellness Fair at Peel Manor House

We would like to congratulate Clint Wilcox who received

the Rotary Club of Rockingham's Employer of the Year award.

We'd also like to congratulate the other finalists.
• Harcourts Rockingham – Graeme Garwood
• Baskin Robins – Zorica Panic’
• Hair FX – Barbara Rogers
• Mopheadz Hair Design – Jenny Ackerley

What a turnout at our Project Catch Up this morning.

Great to have so many members getting involved in ROC Projects

and the energy they are bringing to the club! 😊

Blessing the Fleet with the Perth Rotary - Western Australia!

Thanks to Larry and the Rotary of Perth for having us on the boat

John Butler, Rotary Matilda Bay member and lawyer,

gave Cambridge members and guests his insights into Living Wills.

John was accompanied by his Assistant Natalie.

The meeting was attended by 19 Rotary Club members

and 23 guest.

Thank you John!!

Hats off to William Codd our wonderful Director of Strategy

for putting in the extra miles at the MSWA cycle on Sunday!

120km and $680 raised.

Great effort

Nicholas Pearson from Ben Morton’s office

presented Erin Peoples

with her prize money for winning the Best Individual Performer

at this year’s Rossy’s Got Talent.

Rotary Youth Exchange Students Alberte Hjarndal,

Felicia Dahlström & Laura Saleh at Ping-Pong-a-thon 2019

Help Laura, Felica & Alberte achieve their fundraising goals.
https://pingpongathon.com/laurasaleh

#pongVSslavery #FightForFreedom

Our club, along with RC of Scarborough, is sponsoring Rotary Exchange Student

Alyssa Whaylan for her exchange to Denmark.

Alyssa outlined the challenges she thinks she will face along

with the great benefits she will gain in her exchange.

Good luck Alyssa.

You will be a great representative of Western Australia

Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment (RYPEN)

Erin Peoples, our candidate for the

‘Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment camp

spoke to the meeting about her experience.

She was very grateful to the Rotary Club of Attadale

for enabling her to attend the camp,

and gain so much from the amazing experience.

Youth Director Gillian Baker presented Erin with a certificate,

recognising she had attended and completed all the activities.

Busy weekend for SHELTERBOX
Micky and Minnie gave a hand at the ShelterBox display

at the annual Jacarada Festival at Attadale

WA Saturday 23 November 2019.
The following day we had a display at the 25th anniversary

of the Street Party in Victoria Park WA.

The SHELTERBOX LuminAid Solar lights were useful during the evening.
Rod from Rotary E-Club of Western Australia Inc.(“E-WA”) prepared the displays.

Assisted by June, Sue, Margaret (RC South Perth Burswood)

Leanne (RC Baldivis) and Rae (E-Club)

This morning Maggie and Gavin met with the
Rotary Club of Matilda Bay to thank them for their generous donation
of time and money which had helped keep the #VoiceworksPLUS program
running over the last three years.

It was a really uplifting presentation that talked about
how we had been able to create such a wonderful program
for our participants/community members
and just some of the wonderful things we have achieved during this time.

Once again, thank you to The Rotary Club of Matilda Bay - so much.