'END POLIO NOW: MAKE HISTORY TODAY’ LIVESTREAM EVENT - October 24, 2014 (7:30 pm EST)

Posted by Stephen Witteveen

on Oct 21, 2014

WATCH THE LIVESTREAM EVENT OCT 24, 2014 (7:30 PM EST) at: http://new.livestream.com/rotaryinternational/worldpolioday

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL NEWS RELEASE (Oct 21, 2014) -- With the world “This Close”—99%—to eliminating polio from the planet, the effort is receiving an additional US$ 44.7 million boost from Rotary to support immunization activities, surveillance, and research spearheaded by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which aims to end the disabling viral disease worldwide by 2018.

For the second year in a row, Rotary will mark World Polio Day with a livestream event featuring a global status update on the fight to end polio as well as an array of guest speakers and performers. Streaming from Chicago, and hosted by TIME magazine science and technology editor Jeffrey Kluger, highlights of the event include:

Tessanne Chin, 2013 winner of the TV show “The Voice,” will perform a song during the program, followed by a benefit concert after the event.
Reggae star Ziggy Marley will welcome participants to the event and perform via video.
Minda Dentler, polio survivor and Ironman competitor, will share her personal story.
Remarks via video by Olivier Charmeil, chief executive officer of Sanofi Pasteur, and Bernadette Hendrickx, Senior Medical and Scientific advisor to the CEO of Sanofi Pasteur, will deliver remarks live.
Addresses by Rotary International General Secretary John Hewko, Rotary Foundation Vice-Chair Michael McGovern, and Dr. James Alexander, senior medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.