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<p>The UK is the third largest donor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
and has committed £1.3 billion in total since 1995. In Afghanistan and Pakistan GPEI
are working to reach children in inaccessible regions that have been missed by vaccination
campaigns. They are also tackling misinformation campaigns that severely affect vaccine
uptake. UK funding contributes significantly to these efforts.</p><p> </p><p>The UK
are observers on the Polio Oversight Board and represent all state donors on the Strategy
Committee, which gives us a position from which to influence the activities of the
programme at a strategic level. We regularly review progress in the endemic countries,
including Afghanistan and Pakistan and DFID country offices in each of these countries
also have valuable insight by engaging with the programme in country.</p>
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