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The [[March of Dimes|National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis]], was — and is — a U.S. charity, originally set up at Franklin D. Roosevelt’s prompting, to combat polio.<Ref>Entertainer Eddie Cantor invented the title | The [[March of Dimes|National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis]], was — and is — a U.S. charity, originally set up at Franklin D. Roosevelt’s prompting, to combat polio.<Ref>Entertainer Eddie Cantor invented the title “The March of Dimes” for the donation campaign in 1938 — it was a play on “The March of Time” newsreels popular at the time. The radio campaign asked listeners to “mail a dime” to Roosevelt, a well known polio sufferer.</ref> | ||
After funding Jonas Salk's polio vaccine, which basically eradicated polio in 1952, the organisation “expanded its focus” — pivoted, as they say — to address the prevention of birth defects and infant mortality generally, rather than for polio specifically, since polio in itself turned out not to be the enduring problem. | After funding Jonas Salk's polio vaccine, which basically eradicated polio in 1952, the organisation “expanded its focus” — pivoted, as they say — to address the prevention of birth defects and infant mortality generally, rather than for polio specifically, since polio in itself turned out not to be the enduring problem. | ||