1. Situation Awareness Pre-deployment Briefing CDC /PHPR/DEO/SA Section

2. DRC

3. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) No new cases were reported in the past week, leaving the total number of cases for 2011 at 92 (all WPV1). The most recent case had onset of paralysis on 28 November in Maniema province. However, two new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV type 2) have been confirmed from Katanga province, bringing the total for 2011 to four. UNICEF is planning an anthropological study to deepen understanding relating to resistance and operational issues in Katanga. A technical review to ascertain reasons for missed children is planned by partners and the Government for 9 February. Surveillance reviews are currently being planned for priority areas. CDC is deploying nine new STOP professionals to priority areas in the country. Source: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx

4. CDC Situation Awareness http://emergency.cdc.gov/situationawareness/ Weather http://www.wunderground.com/ UN OCHA 5-YEAR EVALUATION OF THE CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND COUNTRY STUDY: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO http://ochanet.unocha.org/p/Documents/110922%20DRC%20Report- FINAL.pdf http://ochanet.unocha.org/p/Documents/110922%20DRC%20Report- FINAL.pdf GPEI STRAT PLAN: http://www.polioeradication.org/Portals/0/Document/StrategicPlan/StratPlan2010_2012_ENG.pdf http://www.polioeradication.org/Portals/0/Document/StrategicPlan/StratPlan2010_2012_ENG.pdf RELIEFWEB DRC: http://reliefweb.int/taxonomy/term/75http://reliefweb.int/taxonomy/term/75 DRC Information Sources Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

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