Abu Dhabi summit boosts Pakistan’s bid to end polio
A boy receives polio vaccine drops during an anti-polio campaign in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi. — Reuters/File ABU DHABI: Pakistan has emerged at the center of a global polio funding drive after international donors pledged $1.9 billion in Abu Dhabi to speed up eradication efforts, with Pakistan remaining one of only two countries where the virus is still endemic. Pakistan committed $154 million to strengthen nationwide vaccination campaigns, surveillance and emergency response. Pakistan’s Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal represented the country at the event, which was also attended by Bill Gates, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros
