{"id":8371,"date":"2024-10-24T12:29:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T12:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/?p=8371"},"modified":"2024-10-24T12:53:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T12:53:01","slug":"poliostopforoctober2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/poliostopforoctober2024\/","title":{"rendered":"POLIOSTOP FOR SEPTEMBER 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8372 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FRONT-SEPTEMBER-2024_page-0001-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FRONT-SEPTEMBER-2024_page-0001-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FRONT-SEPTEMBER-2024_page-0001-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FRONT-SEPTEMBER-2024_page-0001-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FRONT-SEPTEMBER-2024_page-0001-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FRONT-SEPTEMBER-2024_page-0001-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FRONT-SEPTEMBER-2024_page-0001-scaled.jpg 1809w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\">At Rotary International and especially through the Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee (NNPPC) we <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">have maintained our role as a founding and pivotal partner in the global fight against polio ever since the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">launch of Rotary&#8217;s PolioPlus program in 1985 and the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(GPEI) at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 1988. We have supported surveillance activities, procured vaccines, adorned vaccination teams with aprons, and generally been a force for good within the partnership across the world. One of the ways we have also been very impactful, which usually does <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">not get the recognition it deserves is in motivating and appreciating the dedicated teams and individuals working towards the eradication of poliomyelitis in every part of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">These workers, often in high-risk areas, are the backbone of the polio eradication effort. Rotary <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">International and the Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee recognizes their hard work and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">dedication and this is why we instituted the Polio Frontline Field Workers Awards which have been <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">held annually except for the year when the COVID pandemic made it impossible to do so.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">We constantly strive to recognize our Polio Eradication Champions who continuously strive to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">make significant efforts to polio eradication with their time, talent and treasure. We recognize those<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">who go above and beyond the call of duty and strive harder than others to ensure that polio is kept far<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">away from our &#8230;. <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/October-2024-PolioStop.pdf\">Read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/October-2024-PolioStop.pdf\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Rotary International and especially through the Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee (NNPPC) we have maintained our role as a founding and pivotal partner in the global fight against polio ever since the launch of Rotary&#8217;s PolioPlus program in 1985 and the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) at the World Health Assembly (WHA) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301,141,164,152,150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024poliostop","category-news","category-newsletters","category-polio","category-rotary-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8371"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8379,"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions\/8379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polioplus.org.ng\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}