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Why Congress’ support for polio eradication means so much to me
Grant Wilkins’ first wife, Diane, in an iron lung in the 1950s. Photo courtesy of Grant Wilkins. By Grant Wilkins, past RI director and member of the Rotary Club of Denver, Colorado, USA. In 1951, as a...
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Taking big bites out of polio in the Big Apple
Ramesh Ferris (right) meets with Neil Young, also a polio survivor, during the Global Citizen Festival. By Ramesh Ferris, polio survivor and member of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse-Rendezvous, Yukon,...
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A polio survivor’s “aha” moment
John Nanni at the UN General Assembly special session to “Unite Against Polio” 27 September. By John Nanni, a member of the Rotary Club of Hamilton Township, New Jersey, USA As a polio survivor who...
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Polio survivor’s book reveals the trials of a polio mom
Kurt Sipolski By Kurt Sipolski, freelance writer and resident of Palm Desert, California, USA As World Polio Day approaches 24 October, I would bet most Americans thinking about polio have a hazy...
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The struggles of a Puerto Rican polio survivor
Laura Blizzard By Laura Blizzard, assistant governor of District 7000 and a member of the Rotary Club of Santurce, Puerto Rico I met Maria while assisting with the End Polio Now lighting of the capitol...
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Polio survivors share a wealth of insight
John H.G. Soe at the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand. By John H.G. Soe, a polio survivor and member of Rotary Club of Jakarta Sentral, Indonesia At the age of four months, I was stricken with...
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Traveling to Nigeria to fight polio
Ann Lee Hussey immunizing a child against polio in Chad. By Ann Lee Hussey, polio survivor and member of the Rotary Club of Casco Bay-Sunrise, Maine, USA As a 17-month-old toddler, I contracted polio....
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One polio survivor to another: meeting India’s last case of polio
Polio survivor and Rotarian Ramesh Ferris meets Rukhsar Khatoon, India’s last reported case of polio. By Ramesh Ferris, a member of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse-Rendezvous, Yukon, Canada This month,...
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How polio changed my life
Pulmão de Aço (Iron Lung), published this year in Brazil, tells the story of Eliana Zagui, a polio survivor who has lived for decades in a hospital in Brazil. By Eliana Zagui, author of Pulmão de Aço...
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Our award-winning blog
We are happy to announce that Rotary Voices has won two 2013 EXCEL Awards from Association Media & Publishing. A blog post from past RI director Grant Wilkins, “Why Congress’ support for polio...
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My brush with polio
By Polly Hincks, polio survivor and member of the Rotary Club of West Hartford, Connecticut, USA Polio is a mystery. In its time it brought terror. It indiscriminently struck with minor flu-like...
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One drop away from a polio-free life
Ade Adepitan with other polio survivors in Nigeria. By Ade Adepitan, polio survivor, United Kingdom broadcaster, and former Paraylmpian. I contracted polio at the age of 15 months while living in...
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Polio did not put a brake on my life
By Ayuba Burki Gufwan, a polio survivor and founder/director of Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Center in Plateau State, Nigeria. Launched in 1999, Beautiful Gate has built and distributed more than...
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We can’t afford to lose the fight against polio
Dennis Ogbe with two gold medals during the 2012 US National Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dennis Ogbe, a Paralympic athlete from Louisville, Kentucky, USA, contracted polio as a child in Nigeria,...
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Remembering Jonas Salk on the anniversary of his birthday
Kurt Sipolski By Kurt Sipolski, freelance writer, polio survivor, and resident of Palm Desert, California, USA Years ago, I founded and published a magazine for homeowners and designers, San Francisco...
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Traveling down a rough road with polio
By Patrick J. Bird, polio survivor and author of A Rough Road During the polio epidemic of 1940, I contracted polio and became ensconced for 19 months in a “reconstruction home” far from my family. I...
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Rotary Miles at work fighting polio in Chad
Click to view slideshow. By Ann Lee Hussey, polio survivor and member of the Rotary Club of Portland Sunrise, Maine, USA “Are you willing to lead a National Immunization Day team to Chad?” the email...
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Turning bicycle parts into wheelchairs for polio survivors
Ayuba Burki Gufwan, a polio survivor and member of Rotary, founded Beautiful Gate, an organization that makes wheelchairs for Nigerian polio survivors. Here Gufwan speaks about his mission and about...
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Rotarians are a powerful force for polio eradication
A child is immunized against polio. By Steve Crane, a member of the Rotary Club of Seattle, Washington, USA, and a polio survivor. Crane has been appointed district polio eradication advocacy chair by...
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All the steps I have taken since polio
Linda at St. Mary’s hospital, 18 months old. By Linda L. Christianson, polio survivor I was stricken with polio at the age of 7 months. From 1948 to 1953 the disease crippled 250,000 children a year....
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