{"id":606,"date":"2016-05-10T17:36:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T17:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/?p=606"},"modified":"2016-05-17T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T16:38:09","slug":"bill-gates-dangote-provide-1-million-polio-cold-chain-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/?p=606","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates, Dangote to Provide $1 Million Polio Cold Chain Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-608\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-608 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20131024_US_049-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photographer: Tim Walters; Courtesy of Rotary International \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20131024_US_049-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20131024_US_049-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20131024_US_049-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20131024_US_049-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographer: Tim Walters; Courtesy of Rotary International<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week three organizations signed a memorandum during a roundtable discussion stating that they will donate $1 million to provide proper storage facilities for housing polio vaccines in Zamfara, an African state in northwestern Nigeria. In a statement from the organizations, which include the Zamfara state government, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation<\/a><\/strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dangote.com\/touchinglives.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Dangote Group<\/a><\/strong>, said that the new cold-chain facilities will help ensure effective and safe storage for the vaccines and will protect them from heat, which can damage the immunizations.<\/p>\n<p>For the full article, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201605050856.html\" target=\"_blank\">visit AllAfrica.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week three organizations signed a memorandum during a roundtable discussion stating that they will donate $1 million to provide proper storage facilities for housing polio vaccines in Zamfara, an African state in northwestern Nigeria. 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