First time through Edinburgh Airport in six years and already we know why we now use Newcastle International Airport by choice. Staff here couldn’t be less interested if they tried!

#Rotary President-elect @GordonMcInally invites you to register for the 2024 Convention in Singapore at convention.rotary.org or at the #Rotary 23 House of Friendship. Register and pay by 1 June for limited-time savings!

Thrilled to host a delegation at our ⁦Texas Children's⁩ Center for Vaccine Development from ⁦Rotary International⁩ #rotary #rotary international re our shared mission to vaccinate the world’s children

Having had challenges with Heathrow Airport recently, a big shout out to them for a trouble free experience yesterday morning. As good a flight connection experience as I can remember. Now, if only the same could be said for British Airways ……..

Rotary 2023-24 President Nominee Gordon McInally celebrates the opportunity to all be together again at #Rotary22

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We have everything in place – we need to focus now fully on optimizing our tools &tactics, and ensuring the resources to do so are available. If those two things come together, we will be able to give the world one less infectious disease to worry about once and for all.”

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“Together with our partners at Rotary International, CDC, UNICEF the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, we will continue to support Member States in their eradication efforts,” concluded O’Leary. “But much is on the line.

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Pakistan completed one year without any Polio cases yesterday. Well done friends and leaders of Pakistan. But don’t relax. Be vigilant. Now we have but one country – Afghanistan. So close to our goal of a polio free world!

Orphanages don't help children, they harm them.

Every child wants a safe, loving family to grow up in. But millions of children confined to orphanages & other forms of institutional care around the world are being denied this.
#AlwaysFamilyNeverOrphanages #Deinstitutionalisation

New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week: 0
Total global WPV1 cases in 2021: 5 (compared with 140 for the same period in 2020)

More than three-quarters of the world’s population believe that immunizations are safe and effective but vaccine hesitancy is leaving too many people behind. Here is some guidance on how to address vaccine hesitancy with friends and acquaintances. #VaccinesWork

Have you registered for #Rotary22 ? Register and pay in full by 15 Dec for significant savings: on.rotary.org/2Zl8eeX

Why am I struggling to believe a word this man says now?

#COVAX has had its busiest ever day of deliveries, with over 11 million doses shipped in 24 hours. It shows what can be achieved when all partners World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus UNICEF Catherine Russell @Gavi José Manuel Barroso are working together.

So sorry to learn of the passing of Cliff Dochterman. One of my Rotary heroes and one of the first RI Presidents I met. A wonderful, inspirational speaker with a great sense of humour. I will cherish the note he sent when my nomination was announced. He will be sadly missed.

There are surplus vaccines in the Global North and people desperate to get vaccinated in the Global South.

Let's coordinate a vaccine plan to keep everybody safe from this disease #vaccinequity

With only two reported cases of wild polio in 2021, Rotary and its partners in polio eradication have a new strategy to #EndPolio once and for all. In honor of #WorldPolioDay , read more about this innovative approach: on.rotary.org/3bkAQqN

Deep respect for hardworking and courageous staff of the #polio programme.They need all the support of the international community. #Endpolio is within reach.This opportunity cannot be missed ! Jennifer Jones Aidan O'Leary Dr Hamid Jafari Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO Afghanistan WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

The 8 November #polio campaign in Afghanistan - the first national house-to-house campaign in over 3 years - will be followed by a second campaign, to be synchronized with Pakistan in December.

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