Polio Heroes Awards

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Endowment for Global health Priorities

• Established by group of CDC and former CDC
  employees.
• To fill gaps in funding not readily achievable
  through ordinary procedures.
• To do whatever it takes to get the job done.
• Speed and flexibility.

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Examples of Endowment fund use

• Satellite maps of Mogadishu Bullet proof vests
  Somalia
• Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) for S. Sudan
• Motorcycle Com Dis in Man books Pakistan
• Communications equipment for polio operations
  center - Nigeria
•  Grocery incentives for stool collection for IPV
  study - S. Texas
• Travel/per diem for Peace Corps staff - Togo

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Incentives Project in Uttar Pradesh India

• 10,000 from CDC Foundation to promote polio
  vaccinations in difficult communities
• Provide prizes (e.g., watch or camera) for best
  supervisors
• Provide incentives for workers through lottery
  (e.g., sewing machine, kitchenware, etc)
• Provide incentives for community/parents through
  lottery (radios, tape recorder, etc.)

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Rabia Balkhi Hospital - Afghanistan

• CDCF provided emergency funding for staff
  salaries after funding was cut
• Only womens hospital in Afghanistan
• Provides Safe Motherhood
• CDC project provided vaccinations, screening, and
  other training for staff

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Endowment for Global Health PrioritiesSummary of
Funds

• 280,000 Endowment Corpus (6/30/06)
• 9,000 FY 07 funds available for expenditure

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Summary of Endowment

• Fully functioning endowment
• It is under-funded and underutilized
• This is your endowment for global health work.
  (It is more than just a polio endowment.)
• Bobs goal 1 million by end 2007