Stop the polio outbreak in India
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Summary
This project provides funding for essential social mobilization items needed to conduct high-quality polio immunization in India including media, posters, advertisements and volunteer caps and aprons.
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How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,455 was raised for this project.
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Received $1,455 from 15 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
While most areas of India are today polio-free, a new outbreak centered in and around the Moradabad district, western Uttar Pradesh, is increasing the risk of further national and international spread of polio. Specific actions are being taken to urgently address the outbreak, including conducting large-scale polio immunization activities. To be successful, social mobilization tools are needed. These tools are provided by PolioPlus Partners.
Activities
COMMUNICATE when and where polio immunization activities will occur with advertisements, media and posters. IDENTIFY health workers and volunteers with caps and aprons. REWARD children and parents with incentives to encourage participation.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,455
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,455. The original project funding goal was $419,582.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will help educate millions of Indian families on how to protect their children from contracting polio, and will provide essential tools to thousands of volunteers and health workers to conduct high-quality polio immunization activities.
Project Message
"If polio is not eradicated, it'll come back as strongly as it ever has in the past. No child anywhere in the world will be safe."
- Deepak Kapur, Chairman Rotary India National PolioPlus Committee
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on February 06, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 26, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
Latest Update
By Carrie Charles - Senior Coordinator, PolioPlus Partners program, February 06, 2008 09:42 AM
The first National Immunization Days (NIDs) of 2008 in India have been completed in all areas. Special focus was placed on supporting the activity in the defined high risk blocks of Bihar. For the first time, senior state and district officials traveled to access-compromised areas to support the campaigns there. High quality social mobilization activities are vital to the success of these immunization activities.
Project requests for funding are submitted in Indian Rupee (INR). Due to fluctuating exchange rates, there is a revised budget. In addition, UNICEF & the Government of India have recently sponsored the polio eradication messages of the celebrities in the electronic and print media. The request for media has been deleted from the project budget.
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