General News of Wednesday, 24 October 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgRotary Club supports Noguchi Memorial InstituteThe Rotary Club international logoThe Ghana National Polio Plus Committee (GNPPC) of the Rotary Club of Accra has donated a cheque for GH¢47,783.33 to the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR) to undertake a project on the environmental surveillance of Polio Virus in Ghana. Dr Kofi Bonney, the Senior Research Fellow at NMIMR, signed for the Institute while Ms Theresa Osei Tutu, Chairperson of the GNPPC, Rotary International, signed for the Rotary Club. Ms Osei Tutu said at Rotary International, they believed that surveillance was the way forward, hence their decision to support the Institute to conduct research to assist countries around the sub-region to curb the disease. She announced that Rotary International would train staff of the Biology Laboratory during the period and the Accra Legon Chapter would oversee the activities to ensure good reporting. Mr Jeffrey Afful, District Governor, Rotary International District 9102, said Rotary had been at the forefront of polio eradication since 1979.

Source: GhanaWeb October 24, 2018 19:41 UTC