As part of the global initiative to eliminate polio for a period of 2022–2026, vaccinate 370 million children annually over the next five years, and continue to monitor diseases in 50 countries, the World Health Organization confirmed that world leaders had pledged to donate $2. 6 billion USD to the cause.
The German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svinia Schultz, underlined during the “Mobilization of Pledges” event at the global health conference in Berlin that there is no secure place until polio is eradicated everywhere, according to the United Nations Media Center.
“As long as the virus is still present somewhere in the world, it can spread, including in our country, we now have a realistic opportunity to completely eliminate polio, and we want to take this opportunity together. ”
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The fresh discoveries this year in formerly polio-free nations, according to Tedros Adhanum Gybrisus, director general of the World Health Organization, are “a stark reminder that if we do not achieve our goal of eliminating polio everywhere, it may be reintroduced worldwide.”
He thanked the donors for their ongoing and new contributions to the fight against the disease, but he also emphasised that “more effort needs to be done” in order to fully fund the 2022–2026 strategy.
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He continued, “We must keep in mind the significant obstacles we surmounted to get here in the fight against polio, stay on the course, and finish the job once and for all.
The event to mobilize the pledges in Berlin was the first great opportunity to pledge to provide support for the implementation of the 2022-2026 strategy, which requires $ 4. 8 billion, if the strategy is fully funded, it is estimated that the eradication of eradication will save 33.
1 billion US dollars have been spent on health expenses this century as opposed to controlling disease outbreaks.
Notably, the Global Polio Receiving Initiative is a collaboration of the public and private sectors spearheaded by national governments, with six main partners, including the International Rotary Organization, the World Health Organization, the American Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC), UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and The Global Alliance for vaccines and immunisation (Gavi)..
World Health: International leaders have pledged to provide $2.6 billion to end polio.
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