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扶輪領導學院台灣分部
Rotary Leadership Institute Taiwan Division

根除小兒麻痺等疾病運動 POLIOPLUS ERADICATION CAMPAIGN

在 2002-03 年度，扶輪社員募款超 1 億美元以便在感染小 In 2002-2003, Rotarians raised over $110 million US to
support eradication efforts in the last places where polio is
兒麻痺症最後的地方來支援根除努力的工作。而這些資金
endemic. These funds were matched in part by the World
會與世界銀行和蓋茲基金會之部份配合款同時加上其他政 Bank and Gates Foundation and added to other
governmental and other funds committed to the final push.
府及其他已承諾的資金去對該運動作最後的推動。扶輪是
Rotary is the only non-governmental entity of the four-partner
四個根除小兒麻痺症努力夥伴中唯一非政府的單位，它們 Polio eradication effort - Rotary International, World Health
Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s
是國際扶輪、世界衛生組織(WHO)、聯合國際兒童基金會
Fund (UNICEF) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
(UNICEF)及美國疾病防治中心(CDC)。在 1986 年該項運 Many of the present Rotarians were not members of Rotary
during the initial campaign in 1986 and future years. This
動初期及其後接下來的年代的當中許多現在的扶輪社員都
most recent campaign gave them and other Rotarians an
並非是扶輪社員。然而最近的運動給予他們及其他扶輪社 opportunity to participate in perhaps the most important public
health program in the world. More than $600 million US has
員一次參與在世界上或許是最重要公共保健計劃之機會。
been raised by Rotary since 1985 for eradication activities in
為了在 122 個國家根除小兒麻痺症之行動，扶輪自 1985 122 countries. Since 1988, the incidence of polio has
declined more than 99 percent. Only 4 countries are presently
年以來已募集超過 6 億美元的捐款。自 1988 年，小兒麻痺
polio endemic.
症的發生率已降低超過 99%。目前只有四個國家仍然受小
兒麻痺等疾病的之感染。

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