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Bill Gates urges countries to join hands in fight against polio

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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 17, 2011 file photo, Microsoft founder Bill Gates holds a vaccine for meningitis during a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. On Friday, May 8, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Bill Gates’ former doctor says the vaccine advocate refused to vaccinate his own children. Gates’ wife, Melinda, debunked the false claim when it circulated in April 2019. “All three of my children are fully vaccinated,” she said in a Facebook post addressing World Immunization Week. “Vaccines work. And when fewer people decide to get them, we all become more vulnerable to disease.” (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
FILE - In this Tuesday, May 17, 2011 file photo, Microsoft founder Bill Gates holds a vaccine for meningitis during a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. On Friday, May 8, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Bill Gates’ former doctor says the vaccine advocate refused to vaccinate his own children. Gates’ wife, Melinda, debunked the false claim when it circulated in April 2019. “All three of my children are fully vaccinated,” she said in a Facebook post addressing World Immunization Week. “Vaccines work. And when fewer people decide to get them, we all become more vulnerable to disease.” (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

KABUL (Pajhwok): Following the launch of a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, Bill Gates urged countries of the world to take part in the fight against the virus.

Success in the fight to wipe out polio is not guaranteed, according to tech billionaire turned philanthropist Bill Gates, whose foundation has poured billions into the effort, Reuters reported.

Gates warned against complacency in tackling the deadly viral disease as he welcomed a $500 million pledge from Saudi Arabia on Sunday to fight polio over the next five years, bringing it in line with the U.S. as one of the biggest . . .

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