We're on the verge of ending polio!

Together with the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we've pledged €1.08 billion to tackle global health challenges.

Our mission: To eradicate polio and make health innovations more accessible.

Breakdown of funding:
💉 500 million for polio eradication
🏥 500 million to boost global innovation
👨‍⚕️ €80 million in technical assistance grants

Just as global collaboration defeated COVID-19, it'll help us say goodbye to polio.

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Lawrence

@EU_Commission wouldn't say COVID was defeated, but this seems like a good push nonetheless

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Dan KB6NU

@EU_Commission Hey...don't forget about the role that Rotary International has played in this effort!

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chidi_anagonye

@EU_Commission

Good work with polio!

COVID wasn't beaten. In the marathon that is COVID, we got to mile 25.5 in 2nd place a few meters behind, instead of sprinting the final 800m and crushing it, we turned around and went home.

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soaproot

@EU_Commission What about monitoring wastewater for polio virus? Because most cases are asymptomatic, we only have a dim notion of how much polio virus is out there.

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Janne M. Korhonen

@EU_Commission one of the most encouraging examples of what humans can accomplish are the first two words of the Wikipedia page for smallpox:

“Smallpox was…”

Next, polio!

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