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Fri 01 Jan 2009Gates Foundation donates $255m to help eradicate polio
IN ONE of its largest grants ever, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $255 million (€197 million) to the push to eradicate polio, a goal that has eluded world health agencies for decades but is considered possible by many.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced the grant on Wednesday to Rotary International, a club that does charitable work, at a meeting in San Diego. The World Health Organisation (Who), in collaboration with other groups, has spent 20 years and $6 billion trying to eradicate the polio virus, aided by $600 million raised by Rotary members.
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