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Helping hand Hingis named goodwill amabassador by WHO
Posted: Friday March 24, 2000 04:42 PM
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP) -- Tennis star Martina Hingis has been named goodwill ambassador for polo eradication by the World Health Organization. Hingis will work to raise money and awareness to fight the highly infectious disease, which can cause total paralysis in hours. "As WHO ambassador, I'll do everything I can to smash this frightening disease off the planet," said Hingis, who is in Key Biscayne for the Ericsson Open. "All children should have the chance to be active, to use their legs to run around the playground, to swim, kick a ball or play tennis." Hingis plans to travel to a polio-endemic country and help immunize children against the disease, the WHO said.
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