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Worksheet time: 40mins
Poliomyelitis is a viral illness which
Can be cured
Cannot be prevented
Cannot be cured but can be prevented
Can be cured but not prevented.
In the ‘End polio ‘ campaign , the polio vaccine is given as
Two drops in the mouth
Two drops in the nose
Two injections in the arm
Two injections on the thigh.
Polio is a disease which
Can never be eradicated
Can be eradicated
In the fight against polio, Rotary International focuses on
advocacy and fund-raising
volunteer recruitment
awareness-building
all of the above
With the continued efforts of Rotarians all over the world ,polio cases have been reduced by
90%
60 %
80%
99.9%
India was declared polio free in
2007
2009
2014
2020
Today, two countries still report cases of wild polio virus .These are
Egypt and China
Pakistan and Afganistan
India and Afghanistan.
Bangladesh and Srilanka.
Becase of Rotary and its ‘End polio’ initiatives ,number of people saved from polio infections is
2 million
5 million
19 million
25 million
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation match each Rotarian’s donation for polio by giving
$2 TO EVERY 1$ contribution
$1 TO EVERY 1$ contribution
$0.5 TO EVERY 1$ contribution
$ 4 TO EVERY 1$ contribution
Funds provided for the End polio program are used for
operational support
medical supplies and laboratory equipment
educational materials
all of the above
Rotary ambassadors for polio who spread the message of end polio and educate the masses include -
AR Rehman
Bill Gates
Jackie Chan
all of the above.
Polio could be the second human disease to be eradicated.
First human disease to be eradicated by vaccination is
chicken pox
small pox
Rubella
HIV
If eradication efforts stop,
Polio would go away on its own within 10 years
200000 children would get polio paralysis within 10years
Less than 1000 children would get polio paralysis within 10years
Only children in Nigeria and Pakistan would get polio paralysis within 10years.
Average cost to protect a child from polio per year is
1$
2$
3$
4$
Rotary has helped immunise 2.5billion children in 122 countries.
Rotary began its fight against polio on a large and widespread scale in the year
1920
1979
1990
2000
Multi -year project to immunize 6 million children by Rotary began in this country.
Name the country
Indonesia
Phillipines
Malaysia
India
The first and largest public-private sector collaborative progam -POLIO PLUS was launched by Rotary in 1985.Rotary and WHO together launched Global Polio Eradication Initiative-GPEI- in 1988.By 2003- 6 countries -Nigeria, Niger,India ,Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan had cases of polio.In 2006,only 4 countries remained -Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
India had no polio cases for 3 years ,after which India was declared wild polio virus -free by WHO.
These three years were
2012 to 2014
2005-2007
2018-2020
2007-2009.
Which country was declared polio free on 25th August 2020
India
Nigeria
Pakistan
Afghanistan
It is important to eradicate polio from the world because ,unless there are no more cases of polio , all children in the world are at risk of getting polio paralysis.The ones who are most at risk are
children under 5 years of age
Children over 12 years of age
Adults 20 to 30 years of age
Senior citizens over 60 years of age.
You can help Rotary International in the fight to ‘End polio’ by
Sharing information about polio with friends and family.
Asking families with small children to get their children vaccinated
Making donations to Rotary ‘End polio’ program.
All of the above
