Prime Minister
Stephen Harper today received the Rotary Foundation Polio Eradication Champion
Award, for his longstanding support and continued leadership in efforts to
eliminate polio around the world. The Prime Minister accepted the award at a
ceremony hosted by the Canadian Rotary Foundation in Toronto.
The Polio
Eradication Champion Award is the highest honor the Rotary Foundation presents
to heads of state, health agency leaders and others who have made significant
contributions to the global polio eradication effort. The Rotary Foundation is
an international organization that helps fund humanitarian activities, from
local service projects to global initiatives. It undertakes worldwide Rotary
campaigns such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Rotarians and friends
of Rotary support the Foundation’s work through voluntary contributions.
The Government of
Canada has been at the forefront of the fight against polio. Since 2006, Canada
has disbursed significant funds to eradicate polio, namely through support to
the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), to which Canada is one of the
top donors. At the Global Vaccine Summit in April 2013, Canada reconfirmed its
commitment to polio eradication and pledged funds over six years to support the
GPEI’s 2013-2018 Endgame Strategic Plan which sets out a roadmap to eradicate
polio by 2018.
“I am honored to receive this prestigious
award that recognizes the significant efforts and contributions that our
Government continues to make towards eradicating polio. We will continue to
work with our partners to help put an end to this devastating childhood disease
which can be prevented with a simple vaccine”, said Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
October 2014
Henrique Pinto with
Sunzilach
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