Today is World Malaria Day. Every day, while we go about our daily life, mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite are making people sick in countries around the world where malaria still exists.

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On April 12, 1955, scientists and reporters gathered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a momentous event. Millions of Americans huddled around radios and televisions that day to learn whether the world’s first polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh, could prevent a devastating disease that killed and paralyzed thousands upon thousands of people, mainly children.

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As a woman and mother who firmly supports this effort it is important to spread the word about the lack of contraceptive access for women in developing nations and how critical it is to help destigmatize family planning.

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Family planning can help women and their babies avoid these risks. And all women should have equal knowledge of and access to contraceptives in order to do that.

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Until very recently, India had more polio cases than any country in the world. This past Saturday the World Health Organization officially removed India from the polio endemic country list. India had successfully reached one year without a reported case of wild poliovirus.

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