Polio eradication this week: 

• The Executive Board of the WHO adopted a resolution declaring the completion of polio eradication a 'programmatic emergency for global public health'.

• Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, published his fourth annual letter this week, outlining his views on progress being made to help support global development work, and reiterated that the Foundation's top priority remains helping the complete the eradication of polio.

• Rotary clubs worldwide have succeeded in meeting the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's US$200 million match in funding for polio eradication. Bill Gates, in his annual letter, payed tribute to the organization, calling Rotary the "heart and soul" of polio eradication.