EB130.R10
21 January 2012
130th session
Agenda item 6.10
The Executive Board,
Having considered the report on poliomyelitis: intensification of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative,
RECOMMENDS to the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:
The Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly,
Having considered the report on poliomyelitis: intensification of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative;
Recalling resolution WHA61.1 on poliomyelitis: mechanism for management of potential risks to eradication, which, inter alia, requested the Director-General to develop a new strategy to reinvigorate the fight to eradicate poliovirus and to develop appropriate strategies for managing the long-term risks of reintroduction of poliovirus and re-emergence of poliomyelitis, including the eventual cessation of use of oral poliovirus vaccine in routine immunization programmes;