Polio Eradication Push Receives Extensive Media Coverage
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on Sep 23, 2014
Rotary’s polio eradication efforts to eradicate received extensive media coverage this summer, thanks to RI outreach efforts, leadership of the National PolioPlus Committee (NPPC) chairs and engagement of Rotary’s polio ambassadors.
Summer 2014 media coverage highlights include:
TIME
July 29, 2014
Rotary NPPC chair for Pakistan Aziz Memon was interviewed about efforts to eradicate polio in Pakistan. The story focuses entirely on Rotary’s efforts in the country.
Forbes
July 21, 2014
Rotary’s NPPC chairs from the three remaining endemic countries – Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria, participated in a live online video interview to discuss the current status of polio eradication in their respective countries.
Reuters
July 15, 2014
Tunji Funsho, Rotary’s NPPC chair for Nigeria, discusses the vast improvements Nigeria has made toward eradicating polio in the country. Chair Funsho is quoted multiple times throughout the article.
Voice of America
July 11, 2014
The story is based on an in-person radio interview with one of Nigeria’s National PolioPlus Vice Chairs, Kazeem Mustapha. It showcases the new strategies being used to address security issues.
Reuters TV
June 30, 2014
In an interview with Reuters TV, Rotary polio ambassador and polio survivor Itzhak Perlman advocates for polio eradication.
Al-Jazeera
June 24, 2014
Angelique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter and Rotary celebrity ambassador, wrote an op-ed urging African mothers to vaccinate their children and describing polio eradication as a cause that “is very dear to me.”