Ramesh Ferris

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.

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Ferris wheeling his way to eradicating polio

by Executive Director, posted in Press Coverage - Wed, September 10, 2008

An article in the Metro Halifax by Paul McLeod.

Polio is on the brink of being the second disease in history wiped out by man, following smallpox in 1979. Polio has no cure but there is an immunization vaccine, however, the highly contagious disease is still a problem in four countries — India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.

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