The Carlos Slim Foundation joined the efforts of the World Health Organization and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the Global Initiative for the Eradication of Polio in the world.

Progress towards eradication:

• Since 1998 the number of cases has decreased by 99%
• Two of the three types of polio virus have already been eradicated.
• Certified polio-free regions
  • American Continent (1994)
  • Western Pacific (2000)
  • European Region (2002)
  • Southeast Asia (2014)
  • African continent (2020)
• Between 2019 and 2020, the number of cases in the world decreased from 174 to 140. In 2021, only 5 cases were reported, 4 in Afghanistan and one in Pakistan.

Current situation:

• 2 countries with endemic presence of the virus: Afghanistan and Pakistan
• In February 2022, a confirmed case was reported in Malawi, which was the first case detected on the continent since 2016. Subsequently, in March 2022, a case was reported in Israel for the first time in 30 years.

Carlos Slim Foundation Contribution

• 70.2 million doses of vaccines for children in 37 countries in Africa and Asia.