Update: Polio this week – As of 10 April 2013
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx

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– More than 400 scientists from around the world, including Nobel laureates, public health school deans and other leading health experts, added their names to the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication today, asserting that polio eradication is possible and expressing their confidence in a new plan to create a polio-free world by 2018.

Nigeria
– One new WPV case was reported in the past week (WPV1 from Gombe), bringing the total number of WPV cases for 2013 to eleven. This latest WPV case is the most recent in the country, and had onset of paralysis on 19 March.

Pakistan
– One new WPV case was reported in the past week (WPV1 from Sindh), bringing the total number of WPV cases for 2013 to six. This latest case is the most recent in the country, and had onset of paralysis on 22 March…
– The security situation continues to be monitored closely, in consultation with law enforcement agencies. Immunization activities continue to be implemented, in some areas staggered or postponed, depending on the security situation at the local level.