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Gates, government and Rotary money committed to polio eradication
1 February 2009
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Last month, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rotary International and the British and German governments announced the injection of $630 million to help keep the cause of polio eradication alive for another few years, with the hope of finally eradicating the disease. The Gates Foundation pledged $255 million, while the governments of Germany and the UK will together donate a total of $280 million.
