Is this the year?

Hi and thanks for indicating, when you joined The Communication Initiative Network, that your work focuses on polio or that you have a substantial interest in polio developments. Below is the recent polio case data for 2016 with comparisons to 2015. Two questions for your comment please from your context, perspective and analysis: How confident are you that 2016 will be the year that polio is eradicated; and, What is your assessment of the role that communication has played in gettng us so near to eradication? Data follows. Thanks for joining this dialogue - Warren 

Poliovirus Weekly Update
30-Mar-2016, World Health Organization
 
New wild poliovirus cases reported in the past week for 2016: 2
New wild poliovirus cases reported in the past week for 2015: 0
Total number of wild poliovirus cases in 2016: 9
Total number of wild poliovirus cases in 2015: 74
 
Total number of cVDPV cases in 2016: 3
Total number of cVDPV cases in 2015: 32
 
Cheers

Warren