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W ith polio on the brink of eradication, nations
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Right now, every time a new case is
identified, it really could be the last one the
world ever sees, Germ said.
Gates told the crowd of nearly 24,000 that,
starting 1 July, his foundation will extend
its 2-to-1 match to cover up to $50 million
in donations to Rotary for each of the next
three years. The match and donations to
Rotary would add up to $150 million per
year over the next three years, which will
add up to $450 million to the fight.
Twenty-seven countries, organizations,
companies, and individuals pledged $1.2
billion at the Rotary International
Convention in June. The United Kingdom
pushed the total to $1.3 billion with a $130
million pledge in August.
The new funding will go toward polio
eradication efforts such as disease
surveillance, responses to any outbreaks,
and the vaccination of more than 400
million children annually.
from around the world and key donors pledged
more than $1 billion to energize the global fight
to end the paralyzing disease.
The historic pledges of new funds at the Rotary
Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, will go
toward drastically shrinking the $1.5 billion gap
in the funding that the partners of the Global
Polio Eradication Initiative say is needed to
reduce polio cases to zero worldwide.
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, said ending polio would be one of
the orld s greatest achievements.
"Polio is the thing I spend the most time on.
Everyday I look at my email to see if we have a
new case," Gates said. "I'm very inspired to be
part of this. I'm also very humbled."
Rotary International President John F. Germ
announced that Rotary would increase its
commitment and raise $50 million per year over
the next three years. Rotary has raised more
than $1.7 billion to fight the disease since 1985.
Source:
https://www.rotary.org/en/polio-pledges-2017-
convention#page-content
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