While on the Rotary Road and presenting a talk called, Rotary's Quest - the Eradication of Polio, I am often asked, "Why immunize if there is no Polio in my country?" Most often only a few short sentences nails down the answer, which I share with you in my lead editorial in December's Our Foundation Newsletter (OFN).

In this December 2011 OFN issue I also cover among other subjects:

1.The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), created 11 years ago to help poor countries pay for vaccines. pp. 2 to 3

2.How Immunizations work. pp. 4 to 8

3.Pediatricians are demanding of parents - vaccinate your kids or find another doctor. p 9

4.A Rotary Immunization Legacy - The Jack and Joan Blane Story. pp. 11 to 12

5.When Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985, the "plus" signaled that the polio eradication effort would increase immunizations against five other diseases prevalent in children: measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus. pp. 14 to 15

6.A retrospective on Rotary's founder, Paul P. Harris pp. 20 to 21

Do you wish to add your thoughts?

Write to me at: eblender@aol.com

Best wishes,

Eddie Blender, Publisher

Click here then please click on the month, next to the "new" icon, for the December 2011 issue #117.

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