The Lancet
Apr 10, 2010  Volume 375  Number 9722  Pages 1225 – 1318
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

Perspectives
Is there an ethical obligation to complete polio eradication?
Claudia I Emerson, Peter A Singer

Preview
May, 2010, the World Health Assembly (WHA) is expected to endorse the aggressive new strategy of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to stop polio transmission. Earlier this year, the Executive Board of the WHA expressed strong support for finishing the job of polio eradication. They were encouraged by the Independent Evaluation of Major Barriers to Interrupting Poliovirus Transmission which concluded in November, 2009, that “if the managerial, security, and technical issues can be addressed, polio eradication can be achieved”.