UK pledges £100million to global efforts to eradicate polio

Money will fund vaccination of 45 million children annually until 2020, when the world could finally be declared polio-free

‘The UK has pledged £100m to the global fight against polio, in an attempt to eradicate the debilitating disease by 2020.
The cash, to be announced by the international development secretary, Priti Patel, on Friday, will fund the immunisation of 45 million children a year until 2020. The last case of polio is likely to be announced in 2017 and there would then need to be three years without a single case to prove eradication.
Thirty years ago, more than 350,000 people a year were disabled by polio, with the highly contagious virus present in more than 125 countries. Since then, polio has been reduced by more than 99.9%. It still exists in just three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. There have been eight new cases this year in total…
…Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of five partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a private-public partnership that includes the World Heath Organization, said the world was close to ending polio: “It’s fantastic to see such a generous pledge from the UK to the global effort to eradicate polio. With the steadfast commitment of key partners like the UK government and dedicated health care workers around the world, we are very close to ending polio forever.’
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