
Rotary responds to polio emergency in Syria
Rotary International will provide a US$500,000 emergency response grant to support efforts to quell a recent outbreak of the crippling disease polio in strife-torn Syria. The funds are the first to the World Health More...

Despite violence and chaos, the vaccination campaign to immunize 2.5 million Syrian children moves on
Image/CIA The vaccination campaign is underway in the Syrian Arab Republic to immunize some 2.5 million children under 5 against polio and measles, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) news release Thursday. The More...