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Polio worker from Bihar honoured with UN award

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New York: A polio worker from Bihar has been honoured with a prestigious UN Foundation award for her work in protecting children from the disease.
Martha Dodray, a front-line polio worker who is “performing heroic work in protecting children from this crippling disease” was honoured at the Global Leadership Awards Dinner 2013 here on Thursday hosted by the UN Foundation and the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA).
Besides Dodray, those honoured for advancing UN causes are Pakistan girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai, US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power for her fierce commitment to human rights, front-line polio workers like Dodray, GE Africa, which is a leader in improving health care for women and children through the Secretary-General’s Every Woman Every Child movement and ’10×10′, the filmmakers who created ‘Girl Rising’ and are trailblazers in raising awareness of the importance of girls’ education.
Dodray, who hails from Darbhanga, said she was delighted and felt honoured to receive the award at such a global stage.
“We need to work together to eliminate polio from regions where the disease still exists. I will strive to work harder and do as much as I can in this field,” Dodray said. (PTI)

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