Watch htlp://vimeo.com/15321405.
Briefly describe what you learned from the film.
Go to the World Health Organization’s website on polio and read where we are now in terms of eradication of the disease.
http://www.who.int/topics/poliomyelitis/en/ We are spending a great deal of money to eradicate polio. Do you think it’s justified?
Were you aware that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a major source of funding for polio eradication? If this interests you, you might want to learn more about the Foundation’s work.
Where are the remaining cases of polio in the world?
What are some of the barriers to vaccination?
What countries have recently been successful in polio eradication?
Do you think we will reach the new WHO polio eradication goal?
