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1 July, 1985------

Albert B. Sabin, M.D.Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthBuilding 16A, Room 102Bethesday, Maryland 20205

Dear Dr. Sabin:

In my summary of Rotary's work this year, I wrote that the organizationhad achieved reat p'ro£g~~in working out, with your counsel, theframework for the PolioPlus program, getting it adopted by the boardand the trustees, devising a plan for its funding, and laying thegroundwork for the task force.

From the time you initially presented your plan for a polio immunizationteam in Jul., and M h 29, the date of our m di£i~ ro osa1, themake-up and task of t e_team underw£nt some change~in concept. Theresult is a program that recognizes that polio is a starting point formore aggressive efforts to improve child and maternal health carethrough immunizations. Hence the name has been changed, as I told youin Washington, to "PolioPlus--to Immunize the Children of the World."

The administrative machinery adopted by the board and trustees willwork very e ectively. The search for a team director will be concludedjust as soon as possible now that ~e have Dr. Canseco's decision andthose of the governing bodies. '

I hope, therefore, that you will reconsider your decision of June 27(andcontinue to provide advice to the effort an.~ist in the training~the team director and members, as your time permits .

.A. PolioPlus Exp.ert Advisory committee, h~e~a~d~e:;:d~b:L-,D~r~.--I-.a..L~"""-~",ll!.Q..!::~supervisor in its funct'on, and we WOll ike you to serve alonDr. J hn Sever and 0 ers. I see absolutely no impediment to theaccomplishment of the objectives of the Rotary International ImmunizationTask Force through this reporting procedure; in fact, it will help toensure its total effectiveness.

As you do, I regret that we do not have a full team at the moment butI weigh the progress to date ...and the task ahead ...and I am encouragedthat Rotary will achieve its goal.

With kind personal regards,

Herbert A. PigmanGeneral Secretary