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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge US$1.2 billion to eradicate polio

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The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's strategy through 2026. The initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The announcement was made Sunday at the World Health Summit in Berlin. Despite billions of dollars that have gone into the effort to eradicate polio since 1988, the program costs about $1 billion every year.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge US$1.2 billion to eradicate polio

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it will commit $1.2 billion to support efforts to end all forms of polio globally.

2 years ago·Canada

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge $1.2 billion to eradicate polio

The virus circulates in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is at high risk of reintroduction in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Brazil, and has been detected in New York state, London and Jerusalem.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it is committing $1.2 billion to efforts aimed at ending polio worldwide. The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s strategy through 2026.

2 years ago·United States

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Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it is committing $1.2 billion to efforts aimed at ending polio worldwide

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Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally

BERLIN (AP) — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it is committing $1.2 billion to efforts aimed at ending polio worldwide. The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s strategy through 2026. The foundation says in a statement Sunday that the initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two endemic countries. The money also will be used to stop outbreaks of new var…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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