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One last push: End polio for every child, everywhere

Your donation brings us closer to a polio-free world

US$1.7 billion funding gap
We’re closer than ever but a US$1.7 billion funding gap stands between us and the end of polio.
Your support can deliver the vital resources needed to protect over 200,000 children a year from a preventable disease.
Without full funding, decades of progress are at risk.
75%
Funding received
The difference your donation makes Your money will help to ensure that children are reached and immunized
with polio vaccine and that laboratories are able to adequately to test for and track poliovirus.

For every $1 you give the Gates Foundation adds $2

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Why we can’t stop now

99.9 %

We've reduced polio cases by 99.9% 
since 1988

20 million

We’ve prevented an estimated 20 million cases of paralysis

x 2

Just two countries remain endemic (Afghanistan and Pakistan)

Without continued support, polio could resurge and hit harder than before. Your donation helps reach the last mile – where vaccines are hardest to deliver, and children are most vulnerable.

Real lives, real change
Behind every statistic is a human story - a moment of courage, hope, and change. These aren’t just stories; they’re
milestones on the road to ending polio and proof that progress is personal.
07/08/2025
Update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative on programmatic challenges and accountability
The final phase of the polio eradication effort has proven to be the toughest. The number of children paralyzed by polio has been reduced by 99% over the la...
15/07/2025
WUENIC 2024: What latest immunization estimates mean for polio eradication
The newly released WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) for 2024 offer a snapshot of global progress in childhood vaccination but a...
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