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1.     1918 : New polio eradication plan launched From: Sunil 


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adication%20plan%20launched> sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk
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Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:32 pm (PDT) 


The World Health Organization and UNICEF cohosted a meeting with Rotary
International and other stakeholders in Geneva on 18 June to launch the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Strategic Plan 2010-12.

The new plan comes at a critical time for the GPEI. Key endemic
countries are witnessing historic gains against the disease. Nowhere is
progress more evident than in Nigeria, which has reported just three
cases in 2010 as of 6 July compared with 333 cases for the same period
in 2009. India has reported 22 cases compared with 107 cases.

Across Africa, 10 of the 15 previously polio-free countries reinfected
in 2009 have stopped their outbreaks.

In May, the World Health Assembly welcomed the new plan while expressing
deep concern about the substantial funding gap over the next three
years. The shortfall is a serious risk to ending polio and highlights
the need for Rotary to reach its goal of raising US$200 million.

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan called on the international funding
community to stand tall for polio eradication. "The next three
years, and especially the next 12 months, are critical to the polio
eradication initiative and, by extension, the entire international
public health agenda."

An essential element of the plan is the bivalent oral polio vaccine,
which is being used effectively against wild poliovirus types 1 and 3 in
all four endemic countries: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
(Type 2 poliovirus has been eradicated.)

The plan also focuses on known polio migration routes, which have made
outbreaks of the disease largely predictable. Aggressive synchronized
immunization campaigns are now being used to help prevent and stop
outbreaks.

The partners of the GPEI are exploring every option to secure fresh
funding and are managing existing cash flow to limit any threat to the
eradication effort. The risk of not stopping polio in endemic countries
was made clear when a large outbreak occurred in Tajikistan, caused by
poliovirus that had spread from India in early 2010. The outbreak has
paralyzed 334 children as of 29 June. Tajikistan had been polio-free
since 1997.

"The complete eradication of polio is an absolute goal, and it
requires absolute commitment from us all," says UNICEF Executive
Director Tony Lake.

"Rotary believes the new strategic plan provides the blueprint to
achieving the goal of polio eradication," says Rotary Foundation
Trustee Chair Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar.

For more information:
* Learn more about the GPEI strategic plan
 
<http://www.polioeradication.org/content/publications/StratPlan.2010-12.asp>
http://www.polioeradication.org/content/publications/StratPlan.2010-12.\
asp 
* Learn more about Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge
 <http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx>
http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx 

* Watch a video about what it takes to eradicate polio

 
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090116_news_poliovideo.asp
x> http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090116_news_poliovideo\
.aspx

Source : Rotary International News / Courtesy : eFlash_Rotary

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