Brief report: Conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication–Geneva, Switzerland, October 2005

The second meeting of the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication (ACPE) was convened in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 11-12, 2005, to provide the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with advice on program policies for 1) interrupting wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission worldwide, 2) limiting the international spread of circulating polioviruses, and 3) refining the program of work for eventual cessation of immunization with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). This report summarizes the results of that meeting.