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Gates Foundation Reflections on a Polio-Free India

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Gates Foundation Reflections on a Polio-Free India

by The Daily Eye Team January 17 2014, 11:32 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 26 secs

January 13, 2014 marked three years without a single case of wild polio virus in India. This is a monumental achievement for India the global health community and, hopefully, children for generations to come. Earlier this week, Bill Gates explained the significance of this milestone. Several members of our polio eradication program team joined the foundation after spending years supporting the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in India. We wanted to hear their reflections on this milestone — below is what they had to say.

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Piroj Wadia


PIROJ WADIA is a journalist of long standing, she was Assistant Editor for Cine Blitz and  The Daily,  and   edited TV & Video World, India’s first & only authentic television magazine. She is  equally ardent about television as  she is about films, and critiques both. She has been keenly watching and observing television since the 1990s and has witnessed the industry’s growth and sea changes.   She has  served on the jury for the Indian Television Academy (ITA)  and the  Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA); and on the script committee of the Children’s Film Society, India (CFSI). Currently, she is  researching on the contribution of the Parsis to Indian cinema.

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