Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met Mr. Bill Gates, founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 2024) Session. Recalling Mr.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met Mr. Bill Gates, founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Session.
Recalling Mr.Gates’ recent visit to Pakistan in June this year, the Prime Minister thanked him for the invitation to visit the Gates Foundation in Seattle in December 2024. He also appreciated the Gates Foundation’s engagement and support to Pakistan on polio eradication, maternal and child health, nutrition, immunization, digitization, and financial inclusion.
The Prime Minister highlighted Pakistan’s unwavering commitment to ensure complete eradication of polio from the country. He thanked the BMGF for its longstanding support in this effort and underscored the need for sustained efforts and supports to Pakistan, particularly for health system strengthening and maternal and child nutrition in this regard.
Acknowledging Pakistan’s efforts Mr. Gates stressed polio eradication was vital to protect its future generations from this crippling disease. He appreciated the Prime Minister’s personal supervision and engagement of the Provincial governments in the polio vaccine program across the country. Mr. Gates shared updates on a comprehensive Health Dialogue with Afghanistan and requested support for the initiative. He also communicated his willingness to focus more on the pockets where the number of missed children or refusal of polio vaccines is higher especially where the morbidity of children is higher.Your browser does not support the video tag.
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