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December 16, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Japan Donates $9.6 Million to Eradicate Polio in Pakistan" Agence France Presse (www.afp.com/english/home) (12/14/02)
The Japanese embassy announced a $9.6 million grant to pay for the vaccination of more than 30 million Pakistani children under the age of five against polio. Since 1996, the country has donated $38.5 million in the fight against polio in Pakistan. According to the World Health Organization, the number of confirmed cases in Pakistan has dropped from 1,147 in 1997, to 83 cases this year.
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