The prime minister while speaking to Bill Gates, who telephoned him, said his government was committed to a polio-free Pakistan as this crippling disease would not be allowed to play havoc with the future of children.Gates said his foundation would continue to extend its support and assistance to Pakistan for complete eradication of polio from the country.
The 57-year-old businessman-turned-philanthropist, who is putting his resources into the fight, had earlier said that though polio was still endemic in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, vaccination campaigns could eliminate it within six years.
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