Gates and Rotary International to Spend $200-Million to Eliminate Polio

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, has given a $100-million grant to Rotary International for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, reports Reuters. The grant must be matched with $100-million from the charity.

The number of polio cases has decreased by 99 percent over the last 20 years, but the disease still occurs, mostly in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan.