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4/22/2013 @ 9:41PM |

Achieving a Bold Vision for Global Health: Yes, it’s Possible
Editor’s Note: Steve Davis is president and chief executive officer of PATH, a Seattle-based international nonprofit organization that transforms global health through innovation. This piece was published in partnership with the Skoll World Forum.

This week, 200 of the world’s most influential global health leaders will gather in the island city of Abu Dhabi to talk about a big, bold goal: ending polio. The devastating illness has dwindled almost entirely in the last 25 years, but children in a few pockets of the world are still becoming infected with polio despite decades of work to prevent it. The global health community is tantalizingly close to wiping out this scourge, and the Global Vaccine Summit promises a chance to put even more muscle into the global eradication campaign…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2013/04/22/achieving-a-bold-vision-for-global-health-yes-its-possible/