Pam Ehly, Polio Survivor introduced the speaker for the All Club of Iowa City Polio Plus Fundraiser Event, PDG and Polio Plus Polio Chair Susan Herrick. Susan talked about when Rotary took on the challenge in 1985 to eradicate Polio there were 350,00 cases, 2017 there were 22, 2018 33, 2020 there are 132 case with two countries left to eradicate Pakistan and Afghanistan. Rotary is working the World Health Organization, CDC, and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gates Foundation matches donations two to one.
Susan has gone an National Immunization Day to Niger. She spoke about how meaningful it is to see the children and give them the Polio drops and know that they will not ever get the horrible disease of Polio.