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World Polio Day

October 26, 2021

Every year the World Polio Day is celebrated on October 24. The day is celebrated to increase the awareness to eradicate polio. It was established by the Rotary International. It is an international organization that aims to provide humanitarian services by bringing together business professional and other people together. Why on October 24? The World ..

October 24: World Polio Day

October 25, 2020

Every year, World Polio Day is celebrated on October 24. The day is celebrated to highlight the global efforts towards polio-free world. Also, the day encourages the use of polio vaccines. Highlights According to WHO, the polio cases have decreased by 99% since 1988. In 1988, there were 350,000 reported cases. This has reduced to ..

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World Polio Day: October 24

October 26, 2018

The World Polio Day is observed annually across world on 24 October to create awareness about hazards of the crippling Polio disease. The day was instituted by Rotary International to commemorate birth of Jonas Salk who had led first team of researchers which had developed vaccine against poliomyelitis (polio virus). This development had led to ..

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24 October: World Polio Day

October 25, 2017

The World Polio Day is observed annually across world on 24 October to create awareness about the hazards of the crippling Polio disease. The day was established by Rotary International to commemorate birth of Jonas Salk who had led the first team of researchers which had developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis (polio virus). This development ..

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