Update: Polio this week – As of 30 January 2013
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx

[Editor’s Extract and bolded text]
– The WHO Executive Board (EB) met last week in Geneva, Switzerland. There was strong recognition among Member States of the progress achieved with the ‘emergency approach’ instituted since May, and real confidence in the ultimate feasibility of polio eradication in the near term. Consequently, there was strong endorsement of the vision, objectives, major activities and timelines for the new Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018…

No new cases of either WPV or circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) were reported in the past week.