On the occasion of World Polio Day, all special places in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, were illuminated with blue and purple colors.
Publish dateFriday 25 October 2024 - 15:05
The purpose of this blue and purple lighting is to raise people's awareness about polio, which is an understandable and debilitating disease.
The United Arab Emirates is one of the pioneers in the fight against polio eradication, providing life-saving polio vaccines to millions of vulnerable children.
In 2011, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, President of the Republic of the United Arab Emirates, personally pledged more than $381 million to support global efforts to fight polio through Donation to the Last Mile.
Polio is a highly infectious disease that affects hundreds of thousands of children worldwide.
Until three decades ago, polio was present in more than 125 countries, paralyzing about 1,000 children every day.
But with the help of routine immunization, cases of polio virus have been reduced by 99.9% since 1988 and remain only in the two countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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