dear editor, About 27 countries, mainly Arabic speaking, of different World Health Organization (WHO) regional offices in East Mediterranean Region poses a threat to World Polio Eradication Initiatives due to re-emergence of wild polio virus (WPV) as evidenced in these countries. The different WHO regions are European Regional Office (EURO), East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) and African Regional Office (AFRO). The WHO European Office countries are free from polio disease and further certified that WPV circulation is interrupted in the year 2002. Nigeria is the only country from WHO Africa Office where polio is still endemic...