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Donated $50 million to the global polio eradication campaign alongside the UN Foundation
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The Gates Foundation committed $50 million to the global campaign to eradicate polio, contributing alongside a $28 million donation from Ted Turner's UN Foundation. The combined pledges provided critical momentum for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at a time when the effort needed sustained funding to push the disease from its remaining strongholds in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. It was among Gates's earliest major philanthropic commitments and established the Foundation's focus on measurable, winnable global health goals.
Source: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/our-work/programs/global-development/polio
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