Want good news about polio

I am so weary of watching the news from around the world. It is simply depressing. I needed some good news and found it this morning in a report by the National Polio Emergency Operations Center.

Did you know that since the GPEI (Global Polio Eradication Initiative) was launched 30 years ago, we are witnessing an astonishing 99.9% decrease in the global polio burden?

The polio eradication network showed remarkable resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the pandemic

has resulted in vast and varying disruptions to essential health services.

That said, the fact that the world can come together for only the second time in history (since smallpox) to eradicate a disease gives me so much hope!

While many of us feel the pinch of inflation, and can complain about the rising costs of food, we still find our way to a warm bed at night, and manage to have three good news solid meals a day.

Not so for so many people around the globe, and all the more reason that we *must* #KeepThePromise by increasing our International Assistance Envelope by CAD$1.9 billion over the next three years. In light of all of the bad news we hear daily, let’s keep a few good news stories going by honouring our commitments globally.