Rotary International
HEALTH/CULTURE Rotary commits additional US$75 million to help end Polio India remains a top priority until it receives Polio Free Certificate Mumbai : Rotary International has made a new funding commitment of US$75 million over three years to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) at the high-level side event on Polio eradication during the United Nations General Assembly session in New York. Convened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and chaired by heads of state from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia, Bill Gates, and dignitaries from UK, Japan, Canada and Rotary International. This additional funding commitment which is in addition to USD 1.2 billion invested by Rotary to GPEI, follow action taken in May by the World Health Assembly, which declared polio eradication a “programmatic emergency for global public health.” The side event -- “Our Commitment to the Next Generation: The Legacy of a Polio-free...