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Kenya to benefit from Sh 58.5 billion global polio eradication boost

Rotary International Trustee Chair Mark Maloney speaking at the increased Polio funding at the Rotary International Convention in Calgary, Canada. [Courtesy]

Kenya is set to benefit from a US$450 million (Sh 58.5 billion) funding boost aimed at accelerating global polio eradication efforts.

The funding stems from a renewed partnership between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rotary International, focused on strengthening immunisation campaigns amid rising challenges to disease elimination.

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