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30 October 2020 | A roundup of Rotary news |
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| World Polio Day event focuses on achievements | Rotary’s 2020 online global update program on 24 October hails this year’s historic achievement in polio eradication: Africa being declared free of the wild poliovirus. Celebrities, global health experts, and Rotarians highlighted Rotary and its Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners efforts to continue the fight for a polio-free world. Read more | |
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| Contact tracing and how it works | Contact tracing has been a cornerstone of public health for much of the past century, even before the novel coronavirus. Rotary and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have built a vast grassroots surveillance network that has been instrumental in bringing polio to the brink of extinction. That infrastructure is making the response to other disease outbreaks quicker and more focused. Learn more | |
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Why I finally joined a Rotary club | Erin Maloney had never given much thought to joining a Rotary club. She had little interest in the traditional Rotary model of weekly meetings. But after attending the 2020 Virtual Rotary Convention led by her brother, 2019-20 RI President Mark D. Maloney, she discovered several reasons to join, including an increased flexibility and people who share her interest in ending modern slavery. Learn more of her story on our blog, Rotary Voices | |
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Historic moments | Paul Harris launched the first Rotary club in Chicago in 1905. But do you know what year the organization crossed the ocean and became intercontinental? Learn more | |
| | New courses available in the Learning Center | A series of leadership courses in the Learning Center will help you achieve your professional goals and grow as a speaker. Learn more | |
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