KSrelief, WHO sign $300m cooperation deal to fight polio

The deal was signed by Abdullah Al-Rabeeah and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (SPA)
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  • The deal includes a series of preventive activities that will help eradicate polio in settlement areas in target countries, notably Pakistan and Afghanistan

RIYADH: The Saudi aid agency KSrelief recently signed a $300 million cooperation agreement with the World Health Organization to develop a strategy for eradicating polio around the world.

The deal, agreed on the sidelines of the 4th Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum, was signed by Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, the agency’s supervisor general and adviser to the Royal Court, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

It includes a series of preventive activities that will help eradicate polio in settlement areas in target countries, notably Pakistan and Afghanistan.