60 Minutes Segment Features Partnership
The news story focused on the work of Bill and Melinda Gates, through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to improve education and maternal and child health, and to prevent deaths from AIDS, malaria, and polio.
The video and transcript are available through CBS News.
Rotary staff worked closely with the producers of 60 Minutes during the filming of the portion on polio. On March 21, the 60 Minutes team filmed at a World Health Organization polio vaccine distribution center in Wazirabad, India. The crew followed India PolioPlus Committee Chair Deepak Kapur, Rotarians, and health workers through Sri Ram Colony, Karawal Nagar -- a densely populated area near Wazirabad -- to shoot polio immunization activities..
The Gates Foundation has awarded Rotary US$355 million in challenge grants to support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children. As of September 30, Rotarians have raised about $146 million for Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge -- Rotary's response to the Gates Foundation grants.