December is Disease Prevention & Treatment Month

 

Rotary Month - Disease Prevention & Treatment

 

December is Disease Prevention Month

Rotary's top priority is the eradication of polio. Part of the Polio campaign is the vacination of children for a wide range of diseases. This alone has saved thousands of lives.
Clean Water & Sanitation is the single most important  way Rotary fights Disease. Our Largest Health activity after Polio.
In Tahiti, Rotary tests thousands for Diabetes each year in Tahiti, Moorea and Taravao- providing advice and education.
Each year Rotary runs a Cataract Project across Fiji.   Dental projects are run in Taveuni and Otahuhu.
Rotarians set up health camps and training facilities in undeveloped countries and in communities struggling with HIV/AIDS and malaria. Work in India is in the photo to the left with an integrated health services provider.
 
 

 

Work in Africa on eye disease prevention is in the photo above.
 

Disease prevention and treatment takes on many forms. The world relies on Rotary to tackle these global challenges, and to set an example for others to follow.

Sustainabilty is a  critical part of Disease Prevention- and a big priority for Rotary

More on eye disease prevention in India in the photo to the left.

and work on projects to prevent and treat disease.
to support a polio-free world.