(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Canadian Minister of International Development Christian Paradis, announced that his country provides a total of up to $18 million to eradicate Polio worldwide .
In a statement, Paradis said late Saturday that during the next four years, the government of Canada will contribute two dollars for every dollar raised by Rotary Foundation Canada in support of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's Endgame Strategy, to a maximum contribution of $12 million.
The funds will be provided to UNICEF to support the goal of eradicating polio worldwide by 2018, the minister explained.
Since 1988, the global incidence of polio has decreased by over 99 percent, where at least 2.5 billion children around the world have been immunized. This happened largely through the efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), to which Canada was a founding donor, he said.
The government of Canada will also contribute up to $6 million to support Rotary Foundation Canada's efforts to help advance maternal, newborn and child health, secure the future of children and youth, and increase sustainable economic growth in under-served communities in developing countries, he added.
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