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[Regarding] your article about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [“Game changers,” April 2013], in 1985 Rotary teamed with the World Health Organization with a goal to eradicate polio. At that time there were 1,000 children around the world being paralyzed by polio every day. By 1994, the Americas were certified polio-free. But Asia and Africa remained difficult to control.

STEVEN LAIT

In 2009, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation proposed a $255 million matching grant to Rotary. This year, to date, there have been only 16 new cases of polio, in three countries in the world. As a Rotarian, I am grateful to the Foundation for their support that has made this progress possible.

Marilyn Raymer
Ocean Park, Washington

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Thanks for the article bringing attention to testicular cancer [“Young man, examine thyself,” April 2013].

[However], you left out the most important part: the actual procedure for men.

Here is a website that explains the procedure in detail: http://kidshealth.org/teen/ sexual_health/guys/ tse.html.

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