Polio - a disease which has disabled millions and pulled people further into poverty – has been reduced by 99% over the past 25 years.
Global efforts have delivered incredible progress: immunising more than 2 billion children and saving more than 5 million children from life-long paralysis or death. In January, the world reached a remarkable milestone in the fight to eradicate polio - 12 months without a case of polio in India for the first time in history.
But progress towards eradication is at risk: with the critical work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative constrained by a $1.09 billion funding gap for 2012/13 - threatening international polio eradication efforts.
That's why the Global Poverty Project is working with partners to support the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and make the end of polio reality.
