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Polio survivor completes cross-Canada, hand-cycle journey

by Executive Director, posted in Press Coverage - Wed, October 1, 2008

An article from The Telegram in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Flanked by police cars and followed by children on bikes, Ramesh Ferris rolled down New Gower Street today completing a journey hand-cycling across Canada to raise awareness about polio.

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Day 173 - Cape Spear, Newfoundland & Labrador - 7110 km

by Ramesh Ferris, posted in Road Updates - Wed, October 1, 2008

As of September 30, 2008, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has reported 1308 new cases of polio this year. Many of these cases will lead to children being paralyzed for life. We’ve had better than a cure to polio – prevention – for over 53 years now. It’s unacceptable that after this long, a child, a teenager, or an adult could even contract polio.

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Cycle to Walk aims to raise funds and awareness to forward the global eradication of polio, to educate about the continuing need for immunization against polio and to support the rehabilitation of polio survivors in poor countries.