Tell Rotary what your club is doing for World Polio Day (19 okt. 2025)

World Polio Day 2025

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Rotary launched the PolioPlus program in 1985 with a promise to children everywhere that one day, they won’t have to fear being paralyzed by polio. It has been a long and challenging endeavor to contain wild poliovirus to just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan. And as in any marathon, the final mile of polio eradication is the most challenging.

This is why it’s so important for Rotary and Rotaract clubs to use World Polio Day on 24 October as an opportunity to raise awareness. Remind your communities about the incredible progress we’ve made toward eradicating this disease and emphasize that polio anywhere will always be a threat to children everywhere.

With World Polio Day only a few weeks away, we want to know what your club is planning to do. Whether you’re hosting your own activity or participating in a district or zone event, tell us about it! To eradicate polio, we need the support of every club and every member. Together, we end polio.

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Thank you to clubs that have already registered! You are pivotal in raising awareness and support for polio eradication

A Message for World Polio Day

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World Polio Day Resources

Videos
Social media graphics and animations
End Polio Now logo
Media relations templates
Event planning guide
End Polio Now event flyer template
End Polio Now social media graphic template

World Polio Day messages are sent to a broad range of polio eradication advocates who can help encourage member support and participation. This includes:

The RI Board of Directors and directors-elect 
The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees and incoming trustees 
Past RI presidents 
District governors, assistant governors, and governors-elect 
Rotary and Rotaract club presidents 
Regional leaders (RRFCs, RMCs, RPICs, E/MGAs, and EPNCs) 
District Rotary Foundation chairs 
Members of the Communications Committee 
End Polio Now newsletter subscribers 
Members of PolioPlus committees (the International PolioPlus Committee, End Polio Now: Countdown to History Campaign Committee, Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Forces, PolioPlus national advocacy advisers, national PolioPlus chairs, district PolioPlus subcommittee chairs)