Bill Gates Discusses Achieving A Polio-Free India
In a post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Impatient Optimists” blog, foundation Co-Chair Bill Gates discusses the success of India’s polio elimination efforts. He writes, “India’s victory galvanized the global health community to commit to achieving a polio-free world by 2018.” He notes that “India’s success is cause for celebration — but not complacency. … India showed us what is possible — we can end polio, and protect all children everywhere from this debilitating disease forever…” (1/13).
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