Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $50 million commitment to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in support of the global public-private partnership’s mission to completely eradicate polio.

The commitment was announced during the 2022 World Health Summit in Berlin, where GPEI is looking to fully fund its four-year, $4.8 billion Polio Eradication Strategy to reach 370 million children each year, integrating polio vaccination campaigns with broader health services and essential immunization programs. The latest commitment brings Bloomberg Philanthropies’ total commitment to GPEI since 2013 to $225 million.

“Until we eradicate polio from the world, it poses a risk to people everywhere,” said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries. “Since 2013, Bloomberg Philanthropies has been glad to support the critically important work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative—and now, as polio outbreaks threaten the critical progress we’ve made, we’re recommitting to the urgent fight to end polio for good.”

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