Thank you to the Government of Monaco, who have announced a generous €50 000 contribution to polio eradication operations. Continuing their longstanding commitment to Niger, Monaco is providing €20 000 for polio eradication activities in the country. The remainder of the contribution will be used for worldwide polio eradication activities.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative extends immense gratitude to the people of Malta for fully honouring their €30 000 contribution to the programme, with a final payment of €20 000 to WHO.
Thank you to the UAE Pakistan Assistance Program for the release of a first tranche of funds in 2020 totaling US$ 4.26 million. These funds will support national immunization days in the highest risk provinces in Pakistan. Thank you to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for contributing US$ 5.5 million in supplementary funding to WHO’s ‘No Regrets’ Outbreak Fund, providing US$ 2.7 million for technical and management staff and support for the Afghanistan and Pakistan Hub, and generously contributing US$ 27.2 million in supplemental funding to support mOPV2 stockpile maintenance. UNICEF wishes to further thank the Foundation for their contribution of US$ 9 million to support outbreak response.
UNICEF expresses gratitude to Rotary International for their significant contribution of US$ 18 671 247 to the programme, as part of their January IPPC award.
The programme would like to contextualize the contribution of US$ 3 million by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) program, by noting that this generous donation forms part of US CDC’s overall US$ 17.5 million contributions to the STOP program in 2020 to date. This latest contribution was previously reported in the February edition of Polio News. The programme would like to thank all countries and donors who have invested in polio infrastructure, which is now serving us in good stead as we support COVID-19 response.
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