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Polio this week as of 24 February 2021 Format Polio this week as of 24 February 2021 As we head towards International Women's Day (marked on 8 March), GPEI honours two women who left a mark in polio eradication and in women's empowerment within the U.N. On 15 February, polio eradication Gender Champion Arancha González Laya, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, visited the Notre Dame des Apôtres hospital in N'Djamena, Chad where she administered polio drops to two newborn children. Read more... In a special interview, PolioNews (PN) talks to Holger Knaack (...

A year after emergence of COVID-19, Rotary President Holger Knaack takes stock of global polio situation Format In a special interview, PolioNews (PN) talks to Holger Knaack (HK), President of Rotary International. PN: President Knaack, thank you for taking the time to speak to us. A little more than a year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, what is your take on the current situation, also with a view of the global effort to eradicate polio? HK: There are many interesting lessons we learned over the past 12 months. The first is the value of strong health systems, which perhaps in countrie...