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The Honorable Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, India's Minister of Health; Kalyan Banerje, President of RI; Binota Banerjee

23-Sep-2011

The Honorable Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, India's minister of health and family welfare, met with Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee on Sept. 23 at Rotary World Headquarters in Evanston, Ill., USA. Topping their agenda was the great progress India has made in the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease polio - Rotary's top philanthropic goal. One of only four countries where transmission of the wild poliovirus has never been stopped, India this year has gone more than eight months without recording a single case, a significant milestone. "My country has benefited greatly from your support and I thank all of you," said Azad during his remarks to the humanitarian service organization's board of directors and trustees. The success is shared by the Indian government and by the thousands of Indian Rotary club members who help organize and implement massive national immunization campaigns that reach millions of children with the oral polio vaccine as part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.