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SUMMARY:Canada and the Fight to Protect all Children from Polio
DESCRIPTION:Public Event \nCanada and the Fight to Protect all Children from Polio: Successes and Challenges to Eradication by 2018 \n\nAt the April 2013 Global Vaccine Summit\, Canada and other global leaders pledged financial and political support to achieve a lasting polio free world by 2018. One year after and in the lead up to the Prime Minister’s Summit on Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH)\, this event took place at an opportune time to recognize what the Government of Canada\, UNICEF and partners have achieved\, and to critically examine major obstacles that lay ahead to achieving eradication and their concrete solutions. \nTackling issues such as the risks (ongoing and threatened) of new outbreaks\, the serious political and security challenges\, and the elements needed for the final push towards eradication\, guests had the opportunity to hear not only from Minister Paradis but also leading experts from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative\, including UNICEF\, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Rotary International.  \nSpeakers answered questions in an interactive discussion and a photo exhibit of Canadian-supported UNICEF polio eradication programs were on display. \n\n\n\nOpening\nKhalil Shariff\, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation Canada\n\n\nKeynote\nThe Hon. Christian Paradis\, Minister of International Development\n\n\nExpert Discussants\n\nPeter Crowley\, Head of Polio\, UNICEF \nDr. Bruce R. Aylward\, Assistant Director General – Polio and Emergencies\, World Health Organization \nWilfrid J. Wilkinson\, Past President\, Rotary International \n\n\n\nClosing\nDavid Morley\, President & CEO\, UNICEF Canada\n\n\n\n  \nEvent details: \nThis event has taken place. Watch the webcast: \n \nCanada and the Fight to Protect all Children from Polio was the seventh event in the series AKFC Seminars on Nurturing Maternal and Child Health\, co-hosted with the Canadian Network for Maternal\, Newborn and Child Health (CAN-MNCH). This series of events explored approaches and strategies designed to strengthen health care in developing countries\, with a particular focus on maternal and child health. \nIn partnership with:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/children-fight-polio/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2014
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