PDG Aziz Memon, Chairman of National PolioPlus Committee, Rotary International was was interviewed by ARY DIGITAL in the TV show “GOOD MORNING PAKISTAN” on 10th May, 2010.
The people of Pakistan wait with bated breath, as each new day evolves into a week and weeks into months. The WHO AFP Surveillance Update on 15th April ‘2010 has not reported a single polio case since 9th March 2010, making it a total of 37 days since the last polio case was reported. The [...]
This club with the help of Medical students of LUMHS Jamshoro (both Males and Females) actively participated in Polio day on Saturday the 13th March 2010 by immunizing 329 children up to five years of age, at Goth Kumbhar Para, Hyderabad. This was door to door campaign. Missed children were recorded and are being communicated [...]
Dear Rotary Presidents, The NIDs is focused on polio awareness campaigns on a National level. The object is to target every child in urban and rural areas in Pakistan who may have not received the oral polio vaccine (OPV) is important to help eradicate polio from our country. Several activities for the NIDs scheduled on [...]
Dear District Governor, I am writing to ask for your support for a major Public Image project which is taking place on 23 February 2010. Various Public Image initiatives will be happening around the world from 16 February until 2 March 2010. These will include the now successful lighting up of iconic buildings with the [...]
Members of Rotary Club of Hyderabad club actively participated in Sub National Immunization Day on Sunday the 13th December, 2009 by immunizing 282 children up to five years of age at Village Kumbhar Para, Hyderabad. Each child was given two drops of polio vaccine. The campaign was made on door to door basis. Special care [...]
Dear Rotary Presidents, The World Health Organization’s report on the AFP Weekly Surveillance Update for Week 48 (Ended on Dec 05, 2009) clearly indicates that to-date in 2009, Pakistan has reported a total of 82 confirmed polio cases in 31 district/agencies/towns, including 57 type-1, 24 type-3 cases and one case that is a mixture of [...]
The three dates, 16th, 17th & 18th of November 09, had been declared as the National Polio Plus campaign. This Club participated in the campaign with its traditional fervor and zeal, in a big way. The Polio “Awareness” programme was schedule at the Qurban Trust School & College at Walton Road, Lahore. An informative and [...]
Rotary Club of Hyderabad actively participated in Polio NID on 14th November, 2009 by immunizing 283 children up to five years of age by giving them Two Polio drops at Goth Kumbhar Para, Hyderabad. This time capsules of Vitamin A were also given to all children up to five years of age. Special care was [...]
Midtowners from Lahore and volunteers from Quaid-e-Azam Law College (QLC) worked as a great team that managed to immunize over 500 children during the three NIDs! (October 12 – 14). The camp was organized on the lawns of the QLC. The Principal of the college, Rtn. Nafeer Malik, had helped and facilitated for the Rotarians [...]
Rotary Club of Khairpur participated in 3-day NIDs throughout district Khairpur. In this district 8 talluqas and five years children population is about 400,000. The campaign was started from Civil Hospital, Khairpur where all Rotarians and other social workers gave drops to the new born babies. Rtn. Shujaat Ahmed Siddiqui visited Sukkur/Noshehro Feroz and Shikarpur [...]
PDG Aziz Memon, Pakistan PolioPlus Committee Chair, said: “Children who cross the border miss out on the NIDs on both sides. In the heat and desert, there is no way we can give them polio drops while crossing borders.” Dan Nixon quoted in the article “Afghanistan-Pakistan shelters boost end-polio effort” on RI Website. Dan says [...]
The nationwide 3-day polio campaign was joined in by Rotary Club of Lahore Sharqi in a big way on 12th , 13th & 14th October, 2009. On the first day, the area of service was the old village of Lahore “Jeevan Hana” which is now trapped all around by Barkat Market Area and Usman Block [...]
In an impressive function recently held at the President House, Islamabad, NIDs were nationally launched by H.E. President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. On this occasion H.E. President Zardari was also inducted in Rotary as an honorary member. Rtn. Bob Scott addressed the guests and highlighted the importance and achievements of Rotary in its fight [...]
