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Africa declared Polio free – 25 Aug 2020

Thanks to all those local people who have supported our fund-raising efforts – including Crocus Concerts and Children Singing for Children Concerts – that have contributed to the progressive eradication of this terrible disease.

For several years Banbury Rotary Club has [played it’s part in raising money towards Rotary’s polio eradication project.

Whilst not totally completed, 25th August 2020 marked a major milestone along the way to eradication of the disease worldwidein in that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region, was officially certified free from wild poliovirus.