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Polio Eradication Repeatedly Misses Deadlines Despite Gates's Multibillion-Dollar Backing
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Despite Bill Gates being one of the largest funders of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the campaign has repeatedly missed its self-imposed targets to wipe out the disease — including deadlines set for 2000, 2005, and beyond — and has drawn criticism for ballooning costs (tens of billions of dollars since 1988), management problems, and for diverting resources from broader health systems. Gates has conceded eradication is 'not guaranteed' yet kept investing — pledging $1.2 billion in 2022 — arguing that stopping short would let the virus resurge. The decades-long, over-budget effort illustrates both the ambition and the difficulty of eradication-by-philanthropy.
Source: https://fortune.com/2022/10/16/bill-gates-foundation-pledges-eradicate-polio-disease-health
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