Rotary helps fuel Pakistan’s drive to become polio-free

丹．尼克遜 撰By Dan Nixon

2009/10/28扶輪國際新聞

Rotary International News -- 28 October 2009

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國際小兒痲痺等疾病委員會主委-羅伯特．史考特(畫面左邊)-及巴基斯坦總統亞斯夫．阿里．札達里(畫面中央)及其他政府官員參加10/10在伊斯蘭馬巴德舉辦的國際免疫日活動 (攝影：尤斯曼．馬沙克漢) Robert S. Scott (left), chair of the International PolioPlus Committee, joins Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (center) and other government officials on 10 October in Islamabad to launch National Immunization Days.

扶輪社員及其他扶輪家庭的成員參與10/12-10/14巴基斯坦國家免疫日保健工作者活動,估計這項活動有3千5百萬名兒童參加。

Rotarians and other members of the family of Rotary joined health workers in carrying out Pakistan’s National Immunization Days (NIDs) 12-14 October, reaching a record 35 million children.

國際小兒痲痺等疾病主委羅伯特．史考特在10/10國家免疫日活動的開幕典禮表示 “靠著來自基層的自願服務,才使得聯合國秘書長班．金目肯定扶輪為根除小兒痲痺等疾病運動等疾病的心臟與靈魂。”在巴基斯坦的扶輪社員很光榮地在支持主要的免疫活動上扮演重要的角色,而這些活動將帶領我們戰勝小兒痲痺。

"It is the grassroots volunteer service that led United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to call Rotary the heart and soul of the polio eradication initiative," said International PolioPlus Committee Chair Robert S. Scott at a 10 October ceremony in Islamabad to inaugurate the NIDs. " Rotarians here in Pakistan are proud to be playing an active role in supporting the essential immunization activities that will lead us to victory over polio."

扶輪同時也協助,與巴基斯坦可口可樂合作在數個城市公告欄上宣傳國家免疫日活動.

Rotary also helped promote the NIDs on billboards in several cities in a joint effort with Coca-Cola Pakistan.

扶輪社員持續鼓吹政府支持終止小兒痲痺等疾病的活動。這項努力造就了2009年初,首相發佈了一項終止小兒痲痺等疾病的行動計畫，代表國際扶輪,史考特在八月時頒給總統亞斯夫．阿里．札達里根除小兒痲痺等疾病傑出獎項來肯定他對於致力無小兒痲痺等疾病的特別支持。總統札達里也在十月成為卡拉奇海灣扶輪社的名譽社員。

Rotarians have encouraged the government to give strong support to ending polio. This advocacy effort helped lead to the decision in early 2009 to launch the Prime Minister's Action Plan for Polio Eradication. (Asif Ali Zardari)”On behalf of Rotary International in August, Scott recognized President Asif Ali Zardari with the Polio Eradication Champion Award for his outstanding support of a polio-free world. ..In October, President Zardari became an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Karachi Bay.

10月10日,巴基斯坦政府發行了一款郵票,以協助宣傳一個無小麻痺等疾病的巴基斯坦。這款郵票描述為前任首相夏希．幕哈他馬．班納札巴托餵現任總統札巴托的女兒阿思法．巴托札達里小兒痲痺疫苗的訊息。目前,駐巴基斯坦的終止小兒痲痺聯合國國際兒童基金大使-阿思法．巴托札達里,是在這個國家在1994年開始對抗這項疾病後,第一個免疫的。在1994年,有23,000位巴基斯坦兒童因為小兒痲痺。在2009年10月20日,據報也有62個類似案例。

On 10 October, the government issued a postage stamp to help promote a polio-free Pakistan. The stamp depicts the late Prime Minister Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto giving polio vaccine to Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, the daughter of Pakistan's president and Bhutto..Now UNICEF's ambassador for polio eradication in Pakistan, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari was the first child immunized in the country when it began its campaign against the disease in 1994. In 2009, 62 cases were reported as of 20 October. That year, 23,000 Pakistani children were paralyzed or killed by polio.

“不論在巴基斯坦及全世界,扶輪社員都與巴基斯坦的人民同一陣線”史考特在10/10國家免疫日的揭幕式上說“我們期盼看到我們戰勝小兒痲痺等疾病,共享勝利的那一天。”

"Rotarians in Pakistan and throughout the world stand with the people of Pakistan," said Scott at the 10 October NID kickoff. "” We look forward to the day when we will celebrate our shared victory over polio."