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Funding the polio eradication endgame
By Minda Dentler - May 19,2022
NEW YORK  —  Growing up in India, I did not have access to the polio vaccine, and the disease paralysed my legs when I was an infant. As a result, I have undergone many surgeries and cannot walk without leg braces and crutches. My story is not unique.
Helping the heroines of polio eradication
By Minda Dentler - Sep 16,2017
Recently, world governments and other donors pledged $1.2 billion to help carry the 30-year fight to eradicate polio over the finish line.At its height, the polio epidemic caused 350,000 cases of paralysis in children every year. Last year, only 37 cases were reported.


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