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Donors of the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative
Since the 1988 World Health
Assembly (WHA) resolution to eradicate polio, funding commitments have
totalled over US$ 8 billion. In addition to contributions by national
governments to their own polio eradication efforts, 45 public and
private donors have each given more than US$ 1 million, with 19 of these
having given US$ 25 million or more.
Donors to the GPEI include a wide range of donor governments, private
foundations (e.g. Rotary International, the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, the UN Foundation), multilateral organizations, development
banks, NGOs and corporate partners.
Several of these partners have contributed in excess of US$250
million to the global eradication effort, including the
United States of America
, Rotary International,
India
, the
United Kingdom
, the World Bank, BMGF,
Germany
,
Japan
and
Canada
.
International contributions to national polio eradication efforts have
been complemented by domestic resources. Of note, India has largely
self-financed for the past several years, and in September 2009
re-affirmed its commitment by setting aside US$ 657 million of its
budget for polio eradication in the 2010-2012 period. Nigeria and
Pakistan have also provided substantial domestic resources towards
eradicating polio. Other contributions from polio-affected countries –
including both financial and non-monetary expenditures, and in-kind
contributions such as the time spent by volunteers, health workers and
others in the planning and implementation of SIAs – are estimated to
have a dollar value approximately equal to that of international
financial contributions.
Please click on the
below links for additional and more in-depth information on the
financing of the GPEI.
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