The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 120 cases of "acute flaccid paralysis" in southwestern Tajikistan, of which seven have been confirmed as Type-1 poliovirus. Most are children under five. Many had onset of paralysis over the past two weeks and 10 children have died. More than 45 of the children affected had had four or more doses of oral polio vaccine. "Polio importations such as the Tajikistan cases demonstrate our global vulnerability to infectious disease," said Carol Pandak, head of Rotary International's (RI) PolioPlus programme. "It highlights the fact that polio 'control' is not an option and only successful eradication will stop polio in resource-poor countries."