Through the increased integration of polio activities with essential immunization and health services, including our joint work to extend the health system to reach “zero-dose” children and missed communities with all routine vaccines, we believe that we can better meet the needs of high-risk communities and secure a polio-free world together.”
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扶轮社国际 PolioPlus 委员会主席 Mike McGovern ： “我们自1988年以来开展的为儿童接种脊灰疫苗工作取得了令人难以置信的进展，否则今天会有1900多万人因脊灰导致的瘫痪而无法正常行走。
Mike McGovern, Chair, Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee: “More than 19 million people are walking today who would have otherwise been paralysed by polio, thanks to the incredible progress we’ve made in protecting children with polio vaccines since 1988.
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扶轮社协助创建全球消灭脊灰行动时，承诺确保任何儿童或家庭都不再生活在对脊灰恐惧中。
When Rotary helped found the GPEI, we made a commitment to ensure that no child or family should live in fear of polio ever again.
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我们致力于履行这一承诺，并敦促各国政府和捐助方帮助我们实现无脊灰世界”。
We are committed to delivering on this promise and urge governments and donors to help us achieve a polio-free world.”
Chris Elias, President, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: “After setbacks in recent years, and indications that some donors may reduce funding to the GPEI, there has never been a more important moment than right now in the history of polio eradication.
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如果新战略获得充分支持，我们就能确保没有儿童因患脊灰而瘫痪。
With adequate support for the new strategy, we can secure a world where no child will be paralyzed by polio ever again and we urge all donors to stay committed and consign this disease to history.”
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with six core partners – the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.