以無小兒痲痺世界為目標的運動，繼續在此疾病最具威脅性的國家緊鑼密鼓地展開。

The stepped-up drive to secure a polio-free world continues to intensify in those countries where the disease threatens most. 

在巴基斯坦，扶輪社員、衛生工作人員、及其他義工，在2002年9月的全國免疫日中，估計讓3000萬名5歲以下的兒童達成免疫。扶輪社員幫助規劃、宣傳、及監督全國免疫日，也負責運送疫苗與義工到免疫站。

In Pakistan, Rotarians, health workers, and other volunteers reached an estimated 30 million children under age five during National Immunization Days (NIDs) held in September 2002. Rotarians helped plan, promote, and monitor the NIDs, as well as transport vaccine and volunteers to immunization sites. 

在鄰近的阿富汗，去年9月一場由該國衛生部與世界衛生組織發起的挨家挨戶根除小兒痲痺運動，讓590萬名5歲以下的兒童達成免疫。

In neighboring Afghanistan, a September house-to-house polio eradication campaign launched by the health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) immunized 5.9 million children under age five. 

印尼9月大規模的「全國免疫週」讓超過2000萬名兒童獲得免疫。500萬名衛生工作人員----包括該國1548名扶輪社員的許多人---參與了這場活動。雖然印尼自1995年起並無通報的小兒痲痺病例，但從小兒痲痺流行的印度、巴基斯坦、阿富汗仍有移入病例的危險，於是應世界衛生組織建議舉辦這項運動。

A massive campaign in Indonesia vaccinated more than 20 million children during National Immunization Week in September. Five million health workers, including many of the country's 1,548 Rotarians, took part in the effort. Although Indonesia has reported no polio cases since 1995, the campaign was undertaken at WHO's recommendation due to the risk of imported cases from polio-endemic India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. 

西非同步全國免疫日的第一、二回合已經分別於10月5日及11月9日舉行，但象牙海岸因內戰而將活動延期。

Rounds one and two of the West African synchronized NIDs took place on 5 October and 9 November, respectively, except for Côte d'Ivoire, where participation was postponed because of civil strife. 

全國限除小兒痲痺等疾病計劃委員會副主委墨查丹尼(Ashok Mirchandani)說：「在(貝寧)寇東努，扶輪贊助的摩托計程車成群結隊朝四面八方出發，司機都穿著傳統的黃色上衣，上頭繡著扶輪徽章及根除小兒痲痺的標語。在活動展開後的5分鐘，我便讓超過30名兒童服用了疫苗。」

"In Cotonou [Benin], caravans of motorcycle taxis, sponsored by Rotary, took off in all directions, the drivers dressed in their traditional yellow blouses emblazoned with Rotary logos and an exhortation to eradicate polio," says National PolioPlus Committee Vice Chairman Ashok Mirchandani. "I managed to vaccinate more than 30 children in five minutes during the launching ceremony." 

衣索比亞、索馬利亞、及蘇丹這3個小兒痲痺流行國都已經十分接近無小就痲痺，索馬利亞2002年只有2個病例通報，此又是一項重大成就。衣索比亞在10月25日的第一回合免疫日中，7萬4000名義工---包括扶輪社員---讓1400萬名兒童達成免疫。

In another important achievement, the polio-endemic countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan are close to becoming polio-free, with only two cases reported in Somalia in 2002. In the first round of NIDs in Ethiopia on 25 October, 74,000 volunteers, including Rotarians, immunized more than 14 million children.