Rotary's Commitment To Creating A Healthier World
Rotary Members - Committed to Fighting and Preventing Diseases
In fact, 15 of 26 Rotarian Action Groups (RAGs), which help Rotary clubs and districts carry out community development and humanitarian projects, are focused on disease prevention and treatment. You are encouraged to collaborate with an action group on a club or district health care project. Here are a few examples of RAGs whose members are committed to applying their expertise to fighting disease:
- Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention helps clubs and districts plan and implement large-scale projects to provide access to health-related education, preventive health care, and treatment. The group’s signature Rotary Family Health Days program is an annual campaign involving hundreds of sites in four countries in Africa, and in India, that provide free health care services to thousands of people in underprivileged communities.
- Food Plant Solutions Rotarian Action Group focuses on addressing malnutrition, hunger, and food security through the use of readily available local food plants. This self-sustaining solution can enable people of limited means to feed themselves and their families. Learn more about this group’s work.
- Rotarian Action Group for Diabetes assists clubs and districts with projects focused on diabetes education, identification, and treatment, especially among children in developing countries, while raising awareness of the disease throughout the Rotary world. Read more.
Download a list of all RAGs focused on disease prevention and treatment.