The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) for 17 July 2009, vol. 84, 29 (pp 289–300) includes: Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication: recommendations on the use of bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine types 1 and 3; Status of neonatal tetanus elimination in the United Republic of Tanzania – results from a lot quality-assurance cluster survey; Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 briefing note 1 – Viruses resistant to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) identified.