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Article: Rotary International and Gates Foundation Together Commit $200 Million to Eradicate Polio
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- November 26, 2007
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Elizabeth Walsh of Rotary International, +1-847-866-
3237, pr@rotaryintl.org
EVANSTON, Ill.,Nov. 26/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rotary
International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed US$200 million into
the global campaign to eradicate polio, a crippling and sometimes
fatal disease that still paralyzes children in parts of Africa, Asia
and the Middle East and threatens children everywhere.
The Rotary Foundation has received a $100-million Gates
Foundation grant, which Rotary will raise funds to match, dollar-
for-dollar, over three years. The Evanston-based volunteer service
organization will ...