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India Is Certified Polio-Free, a Landmark for the Gates-Backed Campaign
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On March 27, 2014, the World Health Organization certified India — long considered the hardest place on Earth to stop polio — and the rest of its South-East Asia region as polio-free, after three years without a wild-virus case. The milestone capped a massive vaccination effort in which the Gates Foundation was a leading funder and partner, alongside the Indian government, Rotary, WHO, and UNICEF. Bill Gates, who had personally visited Indian immunization drives, hailed India's success as proof that global eradication was achievable.
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