Medicine Polio

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At the beginning

Then came...
 

• Latest News
• Polio Outbreak Hits Nigerian Children (07/03/2004, United Press International)
• Nigerian North Will Fight Polio with Vaccine (06/30/2004, Reuters Health)
• Large Polio Outbreak to Hit Africa (06/22/2004, United Press International)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Post-Polio Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
  Also available in: Spanish

 

• Overviews
• Polio: The Disease and Virus (World Health Organization)
• Poliomyelitis (Polio) (University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Post-Polio Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

 

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Late Effects of Polio: An Overview (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)

 

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Poliomyelitis (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)

 

• Specific Conditions
• Oral Polio Vaccine and HIV / AIDS (National Immunization Program)
• Poliomyelitis: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Simian Virus 40 (SV40), Polio Vaccine, and Cancer (National Immunization Program)

 

• Prevention/Screening
• Polio Vaccines: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File
• Polio: Risk Factors for Infection (World Health Organization)

 

• Disease Management
• Information about the Late Effects of Polio (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
• Statement about Exercise for Survivors of Polio (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)

 

• Directories
• Post-Polio Directory--2004: Clinics, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
• Post-Polio Directory--2004: Health Professionals, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
• Post-Polio Directory--2004: Support Groups, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)

 

• Organizations
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network
• World Health Organization

 

• Newsletters/Print Publications
• Global Polio Eradication Initiative Newsletter (World Health Organization)

 

• Law and Policy
• Social Security in USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)

 

• Children
• Polio (Nemours Foundation)

 

• Other Foreign Language
• Análise dos Efeitos Tardios da Poliomielite (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - Portuguese language material
• Effets Tardifs de la Polio: Une Vue D'Ensemble (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - French language material
• Spätfolgen von Kinderlähmung (Poliomyelitis): Eine Übersicht (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - German language materials