UNICEF and fellow partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative held a gathering on World Polio Day on October 24, 2025, near the ruins of the smallpox hospital and the FDR Hope Memorial on Roosevelt Island. Pictured here are speakers at that event from (L to R): Sheeba Afghani, UNICEF Polio SBC Chief; Chandler Garcia, UNICEF USA Next Gen; Dr. Rose Cardarelli, Rotary International; Prof. Carl Kurlander, Film maker ‘The Shot Felt Around the World’; Safia Ibrahim, Global Vaccine Advocate, Polio Survivor ...