Rotary member reacts challenge grant Bill & Melinda Gates

Rotary International, Gates Foundation, UK, and Germany Commit More Than $630 Million to Eradicate Polio [Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ] Rotary member reacts to challenge grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Source: Rotary International) Carol Pandak, Manager of Rotary International's Polio Plus Division, and Bob Scott,... Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the British and German governments have committed more than $630 million in new funds to fight polio. Polio has been completely eliminated in much of the world, but persists in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan, and imported cases from these countries threaten other nations. The polio eradication initiative faces an ongoing funding shortfall that must be closed to achieve eradication. Rotary Foundation Chair Jonathan Majiyagbe said the new commitments will inspire other allies to ramp up their support.

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YouTube | February 7, 2009

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