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INTERNATIONAL / HEALTH

A $200 million grant provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rotary International for the eradication of polio will target Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, where the wild polio virus persists.
The grant will also be used in some other countries worldwide. Notably, the disease still affects children in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Nigeria and India account for 85 per cent of the world's polio case. However, reports say progress has been made in all four countries. 220 cases have been reported in Nigeria this year compared to 921 during the same period last year.
Rotary has already received the $100 million grant from the Gates Foundation and hopes to raise another $100 million over three years to match it.