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N N a a t t i i o o n n a a l l I I m m m m u u n n i i s s a a t t i i o o n n D D a a y y s s On National Immunisation Days, or NIDs, Rotarians mobilise to deliver the vaccine to hundreds of thousands of children. Travelling by boat, camel, motorcycle or many other means to the most remore regions of the planet, vaccinators mark houses with chalk and stain ‘pinkies’ with die to indicate that children have been immunised. Photograph by Marcus Oleniuk Photograph by Jean-Mark Giboux Rotarians provide many of the essential supplies needed to carry out NIDS. A single NID in India involves: 709,000 vaccination booths 1.17 million vaccination teams 225 million doses of polio vaccine 2 million vaccine carriers 6.3 million ice packs to keep the vaccine cold 209 million homes visited 172 million children immunised Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland www.thanksforlife.org
