Monaco, the largest per capita donor to the GPEI, contributed €50 000 to WHO for global activities in 2021. WHO and Unicef would like to thank the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has approved a total of US$ 10 million and US$ 5 million in funding for cVDPV Outbreak Response in 2021. Funds will be used to implement quality and timely outbreak response immunization activities as needed, including planned campaigns using nOPV2 and mOPV2 in countries of the African Region and potentially outbreak response campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean and European Regions.
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