{"id":131871,"date":"2025-10-19T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/131871\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:05:09","slug":"bill-gates-warns-no-place-in-this-world-is-risk-free-until","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/131871\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates warns: No place in this world is risk-free until \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bill Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates<\/a> has once again issued a stark health warning. Gates emphasise that despite the monumental progress in the fight against polio, the world remains vulnerable until the disease is completely eradicated. Speaking at the Gates Foundation\u2019s Goalkeepers event, Bates stressed on the fact that a critical funding shortfall could jeopardise decades of global health gains. \u201cWe\u2019re closer than ever to total polio eradication,\u201d Gates said. \u201cBut the last mile is proving the hardest because viruses exploit any immunity gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Polio cases drop 99.9%, but risks remain<\/p>\n

Since 1988, global polio cases have by 99.9%, and Africa has been certified free of wild poliovirus. However, the Type 1 transmission still persists in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and variant outbreaks\u2014caused by mutated vaccine strains in under-immunized communities\u2014continue to surface in countries like the U.S. and U.K.Gates also praised the deployment of nearly two billion doses of the new nOPV2 vaccine and the expansion of rapid detection labs in Africa, which give health workers a crucial head start in containing outbreaks.<\/p>\n

Funding gaps threaten global health progress<\/p>\n

Gates also voiced his opinion over the declining global health aid, which has dropped by 21% since 2024. I am not capable of making up what the government cuts,\u201d he said, urging renewed commitments from world leaders.<\/p>\n

In recent months, Gates has pledged:<\/p>\n