The world is this close to ending polio forever. India has gone over a year without a single new case, and the crippling disease is now endemic to only three countries. Two drops of oral polio vaccine per child is all it takes to prove that children everywhere can be protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.

We have a window of opportunity of historic proportions to eradicate polio. But our progress is threatened by a funding shortfall of almost US$ 1 billion through 2013.

Health ministers around the world have declared polio an "emergency for global public health". We call on you to help us fund the critical work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Help us secure two drops of polio vaccine for every child. Together, we can create a polio-free world, and ensure that no child suffers or dies from polio again.

We are this close to reaching every child in the world.