Donors pledge $US2.6b to eradicate polio

Updated November 20 2019 - 12:48am, first published 12:42am
A world initiative has received a $US2.6 billion boost for efforts to eradicate polio globally.
A world initiative has received a $US2.6 billion boost for efforts to eradicate polio globally.

Donor governments and philanthropists have pledged $US2.6 billion ($A3.8 billion) to help fund a worldwide polio eradication plan that has taken decades to reach what global health specialists say is now the "last mile".

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