Polio Free Africa?

Between 2013 and 2014, the reported cases of polio dropped from 53 to just six in Nigeria.

Even more encouraging is the last case of polio in Nigeria was reported last July and the last case in all of Africa was reported in Somalia in August.

With a year of no polio cases in Nigeria, tantalizingly close and no cases in Somalia since August, the tireless work of so many people across the continent is paying off. We may be soon be polio free in Africa.

Pakistan is still a problem but we are making progress there as well. Rotarians everywhere are helping to rid the world of this terrible disease.

Frank Belote is a member of Washington Noon Rotary. The club meets Mondays at noon at King Chicken. For more information, visit washingtonnoonrotary.org.