The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) will meet for the ninth time in London, United Kingdom (UK), on Tuesday 1 October and Wednesday 2 October 2013. The IMB will meet with representatives of polio-affected countries and Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners and stakeholders. Anyone wishing to attend the IMB meeting is encouraged to contact Dr Paul Rutter of the IMB Secretariat: imb-prutter@polioeradication.org.