Queen Elizabeth arrives for a dinner at the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Perth, Australia Friday Oct .28, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)
Queen Elizabeth arrives for a dinner at the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Perth, Australia Friday Oct .28, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)
Queen Elizabeth II, second left, and Prince Philip, left, greet Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, right, and his wife Patience Jonathan at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) banquet dinner in the Golden Ballroom of Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Meares, Pool)
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, right, and wife Patience arrive for a banquet dinner during Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, Pool)
British Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference with Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard during Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
PERTH, Australia (AP) ? Commonwealth government leaders meeting in Australia have agreed to step up efforts to eradicate polio worldwide despite the Afghanistan war setting back vaccination efforts there and in neighboring Pakistan.
Leaders of Britain, Canada, Australia and Nigeria, as well as billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, on Saturday committed tens of millions of dollars in additional funding toward eradication of the disabling disease from the four countries where it remains endemic ? India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria.
All the polio-endemic countries except for Afghanistan are represented at the three-day summit in the western Australian city of Perth. The summit comprises the leaders of 53 countries, most of them former British colonies.
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