MIL OSI Translation. Canadian French to English –
Source: Government of Canada – in French 1
The world is on the verge of eradicating polio, but humanitarian crises, overburdened health systems, and the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic have created new challenges. Canada has played a leading role in the global health response to polio, and we are responding again.
September 20, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada
The world is on the verge of eradicating polio, but humanitarian crises, overburdened health systems, and the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic have created new challenges. Canada has played a leading role in the global health response to polio, and we are responding again.
Today, at the Rotary International Conference in Toronto, Ontario, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, announced $151 million in funding as the next phase of Canada’s support for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
This Canadian investment will enable the GPEI and partners such as UNICEF and the World Health Organization to provide and expand accessible, quality polio health and immunization services around the world. This includes improving access to polio vaccination for the most vulnerable populations, including women and girls, and in conflict-affected areas where access to essential health services is limited or non-existent.
Efforts will focus on ending transmission of all forms of poliovirus by vaccinating more than 370 million children annually against the disease, preventing 600,000 children from becoming paralyzed or dying each year, improving immunization rates and communications to promote polio vaccination, continuing surveillance and disease containment activities, and strengthening health systems.
The funding announced today will make a significant and meaningful difference in polio eradication efforts and in protecting those most affected. It will enable more children to live polio-free and healthy lives. And it will bring us one step closer to eliminating this disease for good.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a translation. Apologies should the grammar and/or sentence structure not be perfect.