The End of Polio

The End of Polio campaign (www.theendofpolio.com) is focused on building public support for polio eradication, and for every signature our petition gets, we’ll be donating $1 (enough for one additional vaccination) to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

Polio is a disease which has disabled millions and pulled people further into poverty. It has been reduced by 99% over the past 30 years, thanks to global efforts that have immunised more than 2 billion children against polio, and saved more than 5 million children from life-long paralysis or death. But right now polio eradication work is limited by a US$590 million funding gap.

That’s why we’re calling on World Leaders to commit to fully fund the work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. This campaign is an initiative of the Global Poverty Project - an education and campaigning organisation whose vision is a world without extreme poverty - in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organisation, Rotary International and UNICEF.

We launched this clip today; one in a series we’ll be using to mobilise the public in support of our global campaign for polio eradication. It would be fantastic if you could share it with your readers, to encourage them to join this monumental campaign.

For further information please feel free to email or visit www.theendofpolio.com.

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This press release is reprinted by Alanna Shaikh out of an obscure sense of guilt. It does not represent the opinions of Alanna Shaikh or any of her employers.