JUNE 2023 POLIOSTOP EDITION
In Memoriam: Jonathan Babatunde Majiyagbe The question of what constitutes a good death is one that has been asked for a thousand years and one which continues to be asked today. In trying to answer that question, the Bard of Avon himself once wrote ‘When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves […]
September 2022 PolioStop
It is no longer news that in the last year, we have recorded new cases of the wild poliovirus in Africa. This is asides from the escalation of outbreaks of the circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in many African countries. The 7 cases seen so far between the end of last year and the present moment in […]
A history of vaccination 2,000 years of innovation gives the world a shot in the arm Story Written By: Erin Biba
Vaccines have prevented about 10 million deaths from disease since 1963, researchers estimate. Rotary members know the power of vaccination well: The oral polio vaccine has helped bring cases of wild polio down 99.9 percent since 1988, with the virus remaining endemic in only two countries today. And now, as COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed […]
Dr. Tunji Funsho, chair of Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee, is recognized as New African Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Africans of 2020.
Nigerian physician Dr. Funsho was the driving force behind a programme to eradicate polio from its last African redoubt in Nigeria. After a long career as a Lagos-based cardiologist, Funsho was meant to be enjoying his retirement but with polio still rampant and causing paralysis in children across Nigeria, he spearheaded Rotary International’s effort to […]