Polio eradication targets

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative strategic plan for 2010–2012 has put in place targets towards interrupting wild poliovirus globally. All polio eradication activities are focused on achieving these global targets.

Polio eradication targets 2010–2013

* validated when >6 months without a case genetically linked to a 2009 importation (i.e. by end–2010).
** validated when > 12 months without a case genetically linked to the re-established virus (by end–2011).
*** validated when > 12 months without a case genetically linked to an indigenous virus (by end–2012).
**** validated when ≥ 12 months without a case genetically linked to an indigenous virus (by end–2013).
† 'certification will require at least 3 years of zero polio cases in the presence of appropriate surveillance across an entire epidemiologic region.