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Dear Polio Today "Friends,As most of you are already aware, the Salk Institute is hosting yet another post-polio symposium:this year, Breathing & Sleep/2010. This year’s event is scheduled for November 21, 2010, at the Salk Institute for Biologi... |
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One of PSA's projects was sponsoring jerseys for a group of polio survivors in Kano, Nigeria. Two of these jerseys are on display at the PSA booth in Montreal. We also found this video on You-Tube showing this amazing team playing soccer (foot... |
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A Congolese band whose lead singers are polio survivors is making its way onto the world music scene after a documentary on the group's origins received critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Staff Benda Bilili, which means "look beyond appe... |
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From May 22, wall street Journal article by Robert A Guth.The World Health Organization approved a three-year plan to eradicate polio on Friday, bringing a two-decade battle to a critical juncture as funding falls short and the disease is on a surprising ... |
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Grifols SA announced that it has reached an agreement with the Swedish company Pharmalink AB to acquire various forms of intellectual property (IP) associated with the treatment of post-polio syndrome (PPS). The acquisition is expected to be finalized in ... |
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I would like to inform you that the European Polio Union is arranging a polio conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 31th till September 2nd 2011. I hope you will consider attending the conference. Please visit our website www.polioconference.com.&... |
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By Christina Macone-Greene SPECIAL TO THE UNION-TRIBUNE
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 12:02 a.m.
ESCONDIDO— Jack Campbell didn’t celebrate his sixth birthday with a party like most kids do. Instead, polio confined him to an iron lung for a month at Los Ange... |
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My Polio Experience Memories
Judy Chandler Smith, Huntsville, Alabama
The summer of 1945 struck fear in every mother's heart in Florence, Alabama, including mine. I wasn't allowed out of the house except to go to Sunday school and church.
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New tools, new tactics, and increased support from political leadershave put Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio EradicationInitiative in the best position ever to finish the job of ridding the world of polio.http://www.polioeradication.org/
Dr. ... |
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More than 85 million children under age five will be immunized againstpolio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massiveexample of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a yearlong polioepidemic.
Nine of the countries -- Burkina Faso, ... |
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