Quick Registration A web discussion forum for people who have or think they have Post polio Syndrome. A forum where all are welcome, and to share from az pertaining to their PPS. disability. http://forums.delphiforums.com/bigcrusher/start
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Extractions: Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 UNICEF says its goal to eradicate polio globally by 2005 remains in reach COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CNN) The World Health Organization has announced that its European region which covers 51 countries is free of polio. The declaration came after no indigenous cases were registered for three years in the region, which stretches from Greenland to Turkey and across the Russian Federation and the Central Asian states of the former Soviet Union. Poliomyelitis is a highly-infectious viral disease that causes paralysis and mainly affects children. The virus is prevented by vaccination. "This is a tremendous achievement in the global effort to eradicate polio," said. Dr. Marc Danzon, Europe's WHO regional director. While the region has had no indigenous cases of polio in the past three years, children in several areas including Bulgaria and Romania have been diagnosed with polio believed to have originated from the Asian subcontinent.
UNICEF End Decade Databases - Polio polio surveillance has improved significantly. Table 1 Reported cases of polio paralysis current status worldwide Countries reporting more than 10 cases http://www.childinfo.org/eddb/polio/
Extractions: End-decade Databases Indicators Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) Home ... Search No. 19: Global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000 The Challenge: The original hope was to eradicate polio by the year 2000. While that goal has not been met, it is still possible that every remaining chain of polio transmission can be broken in 2002, and the world formally certified polio-free in 2005 after three years without any polio cases. Like smallpox, the first disease to be brought to an end, polio is eradicable because poliovirus infects only humans, with no animal reservoir. The virus cannot survive long in the environment without a host, and effective vaccines are available to deprive the virus of its host. 'Silent' transmission The vast majority of those infected by polio - at least nine out of ten - experience no symptoms at all, and the remainder experience mild symptoms resembling flu. But one in 200 will suffer irreversible paralysis, usually of the legs. Between 5% and 10% of the paralysed will die from paralysis of their breathing muscles. Though polio can strike at any age, more than half the victims are under three. Poliovirus enters through the mouth, multiplies in the intestine and is shed in the faeces for several weeks after infection. It spreads rapidly by unsafe water and hand-to-mouth contact, especially in overcrowded conditions where sanitation is poor and faecal contamination prevalent. Houseflies also contribute, by transferring virus from faeces to food. Toddlers not yet toilet-trained transmit polio readily even in hygienic environments
Conquering The Dreaded Crippler, Polio polio never came close to rivaling such killers as smallpox or influenza, Although many parents feared the possible dangers of the vaccine, polio http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=179&category=events
Salk Vaccine Documents The following are documents available on the Salk polio Vaccine. Charts and graphs with figures on polio cases in the United States http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/salk/salkdocuments.html
Extractions: The Salk Polio Vaccine The 1950s are often considered to be a safe and quiet decade when American families moved to the suburbs, drove large modern automobiles, and enjoyed a stable and prosperous economy. But beneath this tranquil scene, parents faced a great fear-the dreaded poliomyelitis, or polio as it is commonly known. The disease had killed over thirteen hundred Americans (a large percentage were children) and crippled more than eighteen thousand more in the year 1954 alone. On April 12, 1955, American received the much-welcomed news that Dr. Jonas Salk had developed a vaccine against the frightening disease. Immediately, the federal government implemented a plan to have the vaccine produced by six licensed pharmaceutical companies and distributed to children throughout the country. Within one year, the deaths attributed to polio declined by 50 per cent, and this downward trend continues to the present when polio has been totally eradicated in most of the world. The following are documents available on the Salk Polio Vaccine: Charts and graphs with figures on polio cases in the United States:
50th Anniversary Of The Polio Vaccine Do You Remember what it was like before the polio vaccine? Were you a “polio Pioneer”? Were you in Ann Arbor on the announcement day? http://www.polio.umich.edu/
Extractions: Miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine and pseudomedicine, science and pseudoscience, history and pseudohistory, politics (and anything else that interests him). If ever you want evidence of the harm that fundamentalist and altie beliefs can do, look no further than Africa and Asia , where polio has returned with a vengeance, thanks to the efforts of anti-vaccination zealots and fundamentalist Islamic preachers. Skeptico and Universal Acid have already ably commented about the resurgence of polio in the Third World, and, of course, Peter Bowditch has been constantly refuting the distortions of anti-vaccine kooks for years, but I feel the need to chime in once again. I agree that we shouldn't feel too superior here in the West. As
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San Diego Polio Survivors Support group. Profile, activities, membership, calendar, photographs, contact information. http://home.mindspring.com/~polio/
Extractions: Home About San Polio Survivors Polio News Becoming a Member ... Links San Diego Polio Survivors San Diego Polio Survivors is an unoffical, all volunteer, non-commerical, organization that meets to share information about polio and post polio syndrome (PPS) for those who live in the San Diego County area and for anyone else regardless of where they live. Thanks to the power of the internet we have also become a "Virtual Support Group" for many polio survivors who do not have convenient access to a local support group. Remember our next meeting is scheduled for September 8, 2005. Marmaduke Loke from the Dynamic Bracing Solutions will be our guest speaker. Marmaduke with be presenting an exciting new technology in bracing. See the "Members Page" for details. Legal Barriers Prevent Disabled Persons from Entering the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park. See the "Polio News" Page for Details. There may be as many as 600,000 people in the United States who had polio as a child or young adult. Most of these polio survivors know they had polio earlier in life. There are, however, many thousands of people who never knew they had contracted polio as a child but now face the effects of post polio syndrome. Some medical experts suggest that as many as 1,000,000 more people many have had this form of non-paralytic polio.By building an effective web site, we hope to get unoffical, but still accurate, information out to a larger audience of people interested in polio and post polio syndrome (PPS).
Polio Network Victoria - A Service Of ParaQuad polio Network Victoria provides relevant information referal and support services for people who have had polio, their families and advocates. http://www.paraquad.asn.au/services/polio/polio.html
Fortunecity - Down Page Postpolio Syndrome, CFS, progressive long term disabilities, helpful hints and links, information on SS Guidelines, equipment options, accessibility solutions, handicap lifestyle changes, family awareness and support. http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/grove/1105
CNN.com - Iraqi Children Vaccinated For Polio - Feb. 24, 2003 The UN Children s Fund and Iraqi health teams began a fiveday campaign Sunday to vaccinate 4 million Iraqi children against polio. http://archives.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/02/24/iraq.children.polio.ap/
Extractions: The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Story Tools BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) The U.N. Children's Fund and Iraqi health teams began a five-day campaign Sunday to vaccinate 4 million Iraqi children against polio. Thousands of health workers and volunteers fanned out across the country, going door-to-door to give all children under the age of 5 the two drops that will protect them against the crippling disease. Carel de Rooy, UNICEF's representative in Iraq, said the campaign is routine and has nothing to do with a possible war. "This was planned months ago. Every year we do this," he said after visiting a dispensary. "What we are doing here over the next five days is just to maintain a polio-free Iraq." UNICEF has been working for six years to rid Iraq of polio, helping train 14,000 volunteers and contributing $500,000 to the effort, most of it donated by the European Union. UNICEF also supports a program to speed up vaccinations against measles, which kills more children than any other disease in this Arab country, and is trying to improve nutrition for Iraqi children, a quarter of whom are malnourished. A week before the campaign began, the Health Ministry began an advertising campaign on radio and television, and mosques' loudspeakers urged people to take their children for vaccination.
Transfer TO New Site State wide group of polio survivors organized to assist other survivors. http://www.ppassmn.org
G-8 Commitment To Help Stop Polio Forever The G8 welcomes the resolution on polio eradication passed by the The G-8 recognizes the excellent work of the polio Eradication Initiative and the http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040610-44.html
Extractions: In 1988, the world's health ministers unanimously committed to eradicating polio. The G-8 countries took up this challenge and together with partners from public and private sectors have raised over $3.3 billion to fund polio immunization campaigns around the world. Already, millions of children have been spared the crippling effects of polio, and if the World Health Organization-led global Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) succeeds, polio will be eradicated globally by 2005. Only one other major disease smallpox has been eliminated. But there are risks ahead. Polio is still present, in varying degrees, in six countries: India, Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Niger, and Nigeria. Polio has now reemerged in nine countries in Africa. The Polio Eradication Initiative is facing a funding shortfall for 2004-2005. We are within striking distance of closing this gap, and sustaining the efforts will allow immunization campaigns to continue and will bring us closer to our goal of a polio-free world. The gains we have made against this disease will disappear if we do not act now. Key to our success will be an increased engagement and commitment of the polio-endemic countries.
Reviews2 by Viera Scheibner Ph.D. This book (published 1993) is a concise summary of the results of orthodox medical research into vaccines and their effects. It aims to inform medical professionals, parents and the general public about short and longterm dangerous side-effects, including brain damage and death, of vaccines; of the ineffectiveness of vaccines in preventing infectious diseases, as shown by epidemics in fully vaccinated populations; and the causal link between DPT and polio vaccines and cot death. http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/reviews2.html#vaccination
Extractions: The Controlled Clinical Trial: An Analysis by Harris L. Coulter, Ph.D. In THE CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL: AN ANALYSIS, Harris Coulter, author of DIVIDED LEGACY: A HISTORY OF THE SCHISM IN MEDICAL THOUGHT and DPT: A SHOT IN THE DARK, critically examines the usefulness of randomised clinical trials. His thorough research, based almost exclusively on medical literature, reveals why the "controlled clinical trial" (CCT) cannot guarantee drug safety and efficacy. Coulter argues that while allopaths talk pompously about this so-called "gold standard" of medicine, no controlled clinical trial matching the textbook definition has ever been performed. "Because the theoretical requirements are unrealistic and unscientific. How can you test a drug on 12 or 100 or 1,000 identical or 'homogenous' people all with the same thing wrong with them? Allopaths can't even find five homogenous patients. You'll always find things that are different between people, because we are all chemically, physically, structurally, and emotionally unique. The CCT can never tell a doctor how a given patient will react to a given drug at any given time. The findings from the so-called controlled clinical trial are useless in one-on-one doctor patient interactions." THE CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL not only investigates the science behind the CCT, but also delves into its history and politics. According to Coulter, the CCT has become popular primarily for political reasons. "It's used as a stick to beat alternative medicine with for failing to perform these trials. Since these trials are very expensive it costs about $200 million today to get a new drug on the market the controlled clinical trial is really an instrument for limiting competition in medicine, and for raising the costs of medicines to the public."
Extractions: Polio quietly preyed on thousands of young Canadians. The disease caused paralysis, deformed limbs and in the most severe cases, death by asphyxiation. In Canada, polio was so feared that as recently as the 1950s, it closed schools, emptied streets and banned children under 16 from entering churches and theatres. In 1955 it looked as though a miraculous polio vaccine signalled an end to new cases of the crippling disease. But a recent medical condition known as post-polio syndrome has survivors reliving the sequel to this once-forgotten nightmare. Ravages of polio Paralysing fear Medical milestone
Lincolnshire Post-Polio Network - Main Gate To Polio And Post-Polio Information An information service for polio survivors and medical professionals. Website offers an expanding online library of currently over one hundred full text articles on postpolio conditions, plus a bi-monthly newsletter and a categorised directory of healthcare resources with descriptions. http://www.zynet.co.uk/ott/polio/lincolnshire/
Extractions: The core of this site is an online library of well over one hundred full text articles on Post-Polio conditions, many from peer reviewed medical journals. The library is catalogued to assist reading. A categorised directory of Polio resources is also provided with every entry having a description. The bi-monthly LincPIN Post-Polio information newsletters are available in the Networking section. Information Information about us including online copies of all our Newsletters, our World-Wide Conference and Seminar Diary and how to become a member. Over one hundred Polio and Post-Polio articles online. Fully catalogued. All articles are full text versions, not abstracts. Comprehensive catalogue of Polio and Post-Polio resources on the Internet and elsewhere.
