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Delivered UN General Assembly address on global polio eradication
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Gates addressed world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly specifically on polio eradication, urging governments to maintain financial commitments to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at a critical moment when transmission had been reduced to just a handful of countries. He pressed for diplomatic backing of vaccination campaigns in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria — the remaining endemic countries — where political instability and misinformation were threatening progress. His address came as the Foundation had already committed over $1 billion to the effort.
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