UN: PEACE VIGIL: AFRICA unites to tackle threat of polio

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is led by national governments and spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Since its launch at the World Health Assembly in 1988, the GPEI has reduced the global incidence of polio by more than 99%. The GPEI receives financial support from governments of countries affected by polio; private sector foundations, donor governments, multilateral organizations, private individuals, humanitarian and nongovernmental organizations and corporate partners.

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Tarik Jasarević
World Health Organization
Mobile: +41 79 367 6241
Telephone: +41 22 791 5099
Email: jasarevict@who.int

Patrick Rose
UNICEF Dakar
Telephone: +221 786 380 250
Email: prose@unicef.org

Rod Curtis
UNICEF External Relations (in Borno, Nigeria)
Telephone: +1 917 618 7555Email: rcurtis@unicef.org"



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