Your Rotary News in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Disease Prevention & Treatment
May 22, 2025
Rotary joins the fight against snakebite deaths in PNG

Supporting life-saving innovation and frontline response through the PNG Snakebite Partnership.

Disease Prevention & Treatment
May 21, 2025
Turning the tide on malaria

Australian Rotarians are on a mission to take malaria cases to zero in West Timor.

Disease Prevention & Treatment
May 20, 2025
The Malaria Vaccine Project: Saving children’s lives

Phase 1 human trials of a groundbreaking malaria vaccine are now underway on the Gold Coast.

Disease Prevention & Treatment
May 19, 2025
Wellbeing through service: Rotary’s impact on global health

From clean water to peacebuilding, Rotary’s seven areas of focus are all deeply connected to improving global health.

End Polio Now
March 11, 2025
Festive feasts raise vital funds for polio eradication

Throughout December 2024, the World’s Greatest Meal wrapped up US$61,997.79 in gifts for End Polio Now!

Disease Prevention & Treatment
February 27, 2025
Battling bowel cancer one test kit at a time

Rotary Bowelscan Qld has received a $50,000 grant to assist in the early detection of bowel cancer.

Disease Prevention & Treatment
February 25, 2025
A dental clinic on wheels in Samoa

A trip to Savaii in 2018 has led to better dental services for this remote Samoan island.

End Polio Now
February 21, 2025
Football is kicking out polio

Newcastle United and Brazilian footballer Mirandinha has helped launch a new initiative for End Polio Now.

Australian Rotary Health
January 29, 2025
Australian Rotary Health’s $55 million commitment to health

ARH has invested $55 million in health research, scholarships and Indigenous health since 1986.

Australian Rotary Health
January 27, 2025
Beyond the Big City: The support that turns medical students into regional clinicians

Rural scholarship leads Christo from Penrith to purpose in Bathurst’s healthcare and community life.

Disease Prevention & Treatment
January 22, 2025
Southern Rotary clubs help fund vital health service

Funding vital medical equipment for Te Waka Wahine Hauora, The Woman’s Health Bus.

Maternal & Child Health
January 17, 2025
Women’s Gala Dinner raises vital funds

Each year, the Rotary Club of Taree hosts a Women’s Gala Dinner as part of Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week.