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Leaders at UN Event Unite behind Final Push to Eradicate Polio

27 September 2012

World leaders, donors and experts today hailed a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity to eradicate polio, as they gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York to celebrate efforts that have already reduced the incidence of the disease by 99 percent around the globe.
Bill Gates (second from left), co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, poses with event participants.

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