UAE commitment to end polio

 

On July 24 2021 , the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced an additional US$9.5 million in support for Pakistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI). The funds will be used to vaccinate about 16 million children as part of door-to-door immunization campaigns in 84 most vulnerable districts, as well as an additional $376,000 to provide personal protective equipment against COVID-19 to campaign workers. The funds to be used from July to December add up to more than US$23.

The Emirates, a longtime supporter of Pakistan’s polio program and its largest donor, has provided an additional US$200 million in funding assistance since 2014.

Pakistan is one of two countries where wild-type poliovirus remains endemic. On behalf of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Dr. Palitha Mahipala, Representative of the World Health Organization in Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates for their generous contribution and highlighted the strong commitment of the United Arab Emirates. not only to protect children from lifelong paralysis, but also for the overarching goal of eradicating polio. “The UAE has strongly supported the polio program with important annual contributions and requested an additional 

 UAE and its pioneering efforts under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect him, in combating polio at the global level, which embodies its firm approach to benevolence and continuous giving