Jan 8, 2013

218 polio cases in 2012.

218 wild poliovirus cases were reported from five countries in 2012.

Nigeria 119 reported cases.

Pakistan 58 reported cases.

Afghanistan 35 reported cases.

Niger 5 reported cases.

Chad 1 reported case.

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Jan 6, 2013

Post-Polio Syndrome: A Rising Health Problem Among Women.

Post-polio syndrome (PPS), a progressive neuromuscular syndrome that primarily affects women, occurs 10-40 years after recovery from an acute polio infection. Risk for developing this syndrome depends on initial damage to motor neurons during the polio infection, which can lead to neurologic damage, muscle atrophy, pain, weakness, and respiratory and speech impairments. Management of women with PPS requires a multidisciplinary approach that entails both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies. Nurse practitioners may not have learned about this disease during their educational years, or they may have learned about it many years ago, and therefore require up-to-date information about the clinical presentation of PPS in order to lead a team that will manage these patients’ care and treatment plans. The authors provide an overview of PPS with regard to pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Dec 18, 2012

Karachi polio killings: Vaccination workers shot.

Four female Pakistani polio vaccination workers have been shot dead in the country's largest city Karachi, police say.

The victims were reportedly working with a UN-backed programme to eradicate polio, which is endemic in Pakistan.

No group has said it carried out the shootings, but the Taliban have issued threats against the polio drive and are active in parts of Karachi.

Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist.

Dorothea Nutzhorn (Lange) was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on 26th May, 1895. At the age of seven, Dorothea contracted polio which left her with a permanent limp. After her German born father abandoned the family, Dorothea assumed her mother's maiden name.

Nigeria. New Case Of Type-one Wild Polio Reported In Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Two years after the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded its last case of wild polio virus in Dobi village, Gwagwalada Area Council, a new case of the virus and another suspected case was yesterday recorded in Jahi village, a community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

School heroes’ to take up anti-polio initiative in KP.

PESHAWAR, Dec 13: The government in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund has launched “School Heroes Initiative” programme in high-risk districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to formally enlist support of teachers and students in polio campaigns to eradicate the vaccine-preventable childhood ailment.

Tragic death of the Afghan girl who just wanted to change her country: Student shot dead as she helped in fight against polio.

A student and polio volunteer has been shot dead by armed men in a rural Afghan village.

The brutal killing has raised questions about women's safety in the region, with reports suggesting that females are too scared to attend school or work following the murder.

The girl, known only as Anisa, was shot outside her home in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, having survived an attack only a day before.

Nov 27, 2012

Warn of risk of transmission of polio in travel.

People from Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan should not be allowed to leave their country unless they can show they have been vaccinated against polio, according to the body which monitors attempts to eradicate the disease.

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14 Menschen sterben bei Brand einer Behindertenwerkstatt in Titisee-Neustadt.

Bei einem der schlimmsten Brandkatastrophen der vergangenen Jahrzehnte in Deutschland sind in einer Behindertenwerkstatt in Titisee-Neustadt 14 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. 300 Feuerwehrleute, Katastrophenschützer, Rettungskräfte und Polizisten waren im Einsatz.

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Nov 21, 2012

They need other medicine too.

Ridding the world of polio is proving to be an elusive goal. And a key problem may well be that organizers of the global anti-polio initiative, and of other global health programs, are not listening to the people they want to help — or to each other.

As a result, in many communities targeted by the programs, people perceive a gulf between global programs like polio eradication and more immediate local health needs.

As one man in Northern Nigeria asked me, “Why polio, polio, polio, when we cannot get a health clinic near our village?”.

Nov 20, 2012

First Randomised Controlled Trial to show spinal cord regeneration in dogs.

Medical Research Council researchers have shown it is possible to restore co-ordinated limb movement in dogs with severe spinal cord injury (SCI). In a unique collaboration between the MRC’s Regenerative Medicine Centre and Cambridge University’s Veterinary School, scientists used a unique type of cell to regenerate the damaged part of the dogs’ spines. The researchers are cautiously optimistic that the work could have a future role in the treatment of human patients with similar injuries if used alongside other treatments.

Nov 15, 2012

Circulating Vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) is associated with 4 cases of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) caused by Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV).

Performance gaps: ‘New strain of polio virus result of poor coverage’.

QUETTA: The Prime Minister’s polio cell, the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed that a newly-found strain of the polio virus is the result of persistently low Routine Immunisation (RI) coverage in the Pishin and Qilla Abdullah districts of Balochistan.

The virus has been confirmed in four children in Qilla Abdullah and one in Pishin, according to a joint statement issued on Thursday.

The release stated that ‘cVDPV (Type 2)’ cases are due to poor routine immunisation coverage that may cause type 2 poliovirus to mutate and attain a form that can cause paralysis after passing through multiple children in environments with substandard sanitation.

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Nov 5, 2012

Die Krankheit Polio.

Kinderlähmung (Poliomyelitis, kurz Polio genannt) ist eine akute fieberhafte Virusinfektion. Der Erreger befällt bevorzugt die motorischen Nervenzellen im Rückenmark. Die sind für die Kontrolle der Muskulatur zuständig. Viele Polio-Erkrankungen verlaufen ähnlich einem grippalen Infekt. Bei einer Hirnhautentzündung und einer anschließenden Zerstörung von Rückenmarkszellen kann es aber auch zu bleibenden Lähmungen kommen.

Das Post-Polio-Syndrom (PPS) ist eine Folgeeiner Poliomyelitis-Erkrankung und tritt mehrere Jahrzehnte nach der Infektion auf. Die Ursachen sind noch nicht geklärt, als wahrscheinlichste gilt eine Überlastung und Zerstörung verbliebener Zellkörper im Rückenmark, ausgelöst durch seelischen, physischen oder stoffwechselbedingten Stress der Nervenzellen. Symptome sind zunehmende Müdigkeit, Muskel- und Gelenkschmerzen sowie Muskelschwächen.

In Europa ist die Gefahr einer Polio-Ansteckung anders als in Teilen Asiens, Afrikas und Südamerikas relativ gering. Touristen können das Virus nach Deutschland bringen. Experten empfehlen auch hierzulande eine Impfung. Dr. Marion Wunderlich, Leiterin des Lüneburger Gesundheitsamtes: "Es sollte eine Grundimmunisierung bis zum ersten Lebensjahr und eine Auffrischimpfung vor Abschluss des 18. Lebensjahres erfolgen."

Nach Angaben der Weltgesundheitsorganisation WHO konnte dank Impfung die Zahl der registrierten Fälle in wenigen Jahren um 99,9 Prozent gesenkt werden. ina

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Día Mundial de la Polio. La Asociación de Afectados de Polio pide a la OMS y a la ONU la creación de una vacuna "segura y eficaz".

La Asociación de Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio ha pedido a la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), a la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) y a los organismos oficiales competentes, la creación de una vacuna "segura y eficaz" para el tratamiento de esta enfermedad.

En este sentido, la Asociación ha exigido que esta vacuna no sea un "generador" de virus mutados que "terminan extendiéndose" por el mundo generando "nuevos casos" de polio hasta en las personas que ya han sido vacunadas.

"El mundo está repleto de cómplices de este desastre que debe detenerse. Por ello, y como víctimas de esta enfermedad pedimos a la OMS, a la ONU y a organismos oficiales que tomen una vez las medidas adecuadas", ha recalcado la asociación.

Dicho esto, han instado también a que se investiguen las causas del síndrome post-polio y que, de esta forma, las autoridades sanitarias "dejen de mirar para otro lado" y den a esta enfermedad la importancia que tiene.

"Que con sus rastreadores de noticias en la red se den por informados de nuestra solicitud. El enemigo es tan fuerte que crea falsos defensores de las causas que quiere hundir", ha zanjado la asociación en un comunicado firmado por su presidenta, Lola Corrales.

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Nov 1, 2012

Post-Polio Syndrome and Polio Affected Association - Spain.

Post-Polio Syndrome and Polio Affected Association - Spain, was born in February 2000, the specific needs of the collective (medical treatment, employment, removal of architectural barriers, technical aids, etc.) and to know for Internet, that the symptoms that suffer have name and surnames: POST-POLIO SYNDROME. Many of the members of the Association, they work in the diffusion and compilation of information of POST-POLIO SYNDROME, since November 1998.

The activities of the Association special mention:

Incite the interest of health authorities, the scientific and medical community to be conducting investigations into the causes of post-polio syndrome and the best treatment possible.

Also it demands that them affected of POLIO AND SYNDROME POST-POLIO, can freely exercise the fundamental rights which includes the Spanish Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and any future Bill of Rights which protects people with disabilities and improve quality of life.

The Association is non-profit, their offices are exercised free of charge, does not receive subsidies and develops its work with absolute political and economic independence.

www.postpolioinfor.org

Oct 24, 2012

Casos de Polio - Cases of Polio.

Durante el periodo del 1 de enero de 2012 al 17 de octubre de 2012, ha habido 171 casos de Polio en el Mundo.

During the period 1 Jan 2012 to 17 Oct 2012, there have been 171 cases of polio in the world.

Comunicado de la Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio, con motivo del Día Mundial de la Polio (24 de octubre de 2012).

LA POLIO QUE NUNCA SE ACABA.

Y con la que nunca se acabará sí no se aplica una vacuna segura y eficaz, que no sea un generador de virus mutados que terminan extendiéndose por el Mundo, generando nuevos casos de polio incluso en personas vacunadas.

El Mundo esta repleto de cómplices de este desastre que debe detenerse. Como víctimas de esta enfermedad y muchos de este desastre, pedimos a la Organización Mundial de la Salud, Naciones Unidas y Organismos Oficiales dedicados a este asunto, que tomen de una vez las medidas adecuadas.

También queremos pedir que investiguen sobre las causas del Síndrome Post-Polio, dejen de mirar a otro lado y le den la importancia que tiene. Que con sus rastreadores de noticias en la red se den por informados de nuestra solicitud.

El enemigo es tan fuerte que crea falsos defensores de las causas que quiere hundir.

Lola Corrales
Presidenta de la Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio

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Oct 17, 2012

Pakistan polio worker shot dead in Quetta.

Gunmen have killed a member of a polio vaccination team in the western Pakistani city of Quetta.

The team were administering polio drops to under-fives on the city outskirts when attackers on a motorcycle opened fire. One worker was fatally injured and died on the way to hospital. It is not clear who the gunmen were.

The Taliban have issued threats against the polio drive in Pakistan, where polio is still endemic.In July a doctor who was administering polio vaccines was shot dead in the southern city of Karachi.

Officials say the vaccination programme has been suspended in several areas of Quetta following Tuesday's shooting. "We are investigating if the dead man had any dispute with the attackers or the shooting was carried out by opponents of the campaign," a senior local official, Tariq Mengal, told AFP news agency.

There has been opposition to such immunisation drives in parts of Pakistan, particularly after a fake CIA vaccination campaign helped to locate Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Militants have kidnapped and killed foreign NGO workers in the past in an attempt to halt the immunisation drives which they say are part of efforts to spy on them.

Pakistan is one of only three remaining countries where polio is still endemic. The others are Afghanistan and Nigeria.

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Angola: International Experts Gathered to Fight Poliomyelitis.

Luanda — International experts and partners of the coalition against polio are meeting Tuesday in Luanda, to assess the new opportunities created as progress for eradication of this illness and define strategies for the coming years, Angop has learnt.

The meeting is taking place in a time that the World Health Organization (WHO) African region recorded important progress in the eradication of poliomyelitis, with only two countries with active transmission of this virus - Nigeria and Chad.

During two days, the participants will debate the evolution of the fight, exchange of experience, as well as outline new policies.

The participants are national experts of vaccination, representatives of scientific institutions and co-operation, such as CDC/Atalta, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Unicef and the WHO.

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Oct 16, 2012

MoH acts to overcome ‘Norwegian rat danger’. ‘Report paralysis, poliomyelitis cases’.

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 15: The Pest and Rodents Control Department at the Ministry of Health has taken the necessary measures to prevent the pest epidemic and minimize the danger posed by Norwegian rats found in slum areas, reports Al-Jarida daily quoting head of the department Dr Samia Al-Tabeekh.

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Oct 15, 2012

President reiterates commitment to make Pakistan polio free.

Monday, 15 October 2012 18:15

Posted by Asad Naeem

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Monday reiterating Government's commitment to eradicate polio from Pakistan emphasized the need for coordinated efforts by all the segements of society to reach every child for immunizations to make Pakistan a polio free country.

Addressing the launching ceremony for three-day country wide anti-polio campaign here at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President said Pakistan has come a long way from 1994, when the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto launched for the first time polio eradication campaign formally. He said since then the polio cases have come down significantly.

He said, "We are not yet completely polio free and our aim is to make Pakistan completely polio free and we aim that no child lives in the fear of being crippled for life."

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Oct 5, 2012

PESHAWAR: A new polio case was confirmed in Upper Dir, Barawal Bhanda on Thursday.

According to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Health Department, a three-year-old girl named Maria, daughter of Tajudin Khan, was tested positive for the virus.

Officials said that after the confirmation of this case, the total number of polio cases in K-P has risen to 17. Three cases have been reported in Peshawar, two each in Mardan, Charsadda and Lakki Marwat, while one case each has been reported in Shangla, Torghar, Haripur, Swabi, Kohat, Dera Ismail Khan, Karak and Upper Dir. Meanwhile, 25 cases have been reported in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the Frontier Regions.

The total number of polio cases registered this year is 42.

tribune.com.pk

Oct 2, 2012

Like a Death Sentence.

Abuses against Persons with Mental Disabilities in Ghana.

October 2, 2012.

This report describes how thousands of people with mental disabilities are forced to live in psychiatric institutions and spiritual healing centers, often against their will and with little possibility of challenging their confinement. In psychiatric hospitals, people with mental disabilities face overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. In some of the spiritual healing centers, popularly known as prayer camps, they are often chained to trees, frequently in the baking sun, and forced to fast for weeks as part of a “healing process,” while being denied access to medications.
The report also highlights the challenges of people with mental disabilities who live in the community, who face stigma and discrimination and often lack adequate shelter, food, and healthcare.

Read the Report www.hrw.org

Sep 26, 2012

Karachi police arrest suspected attacker of anti-polio medics.

KARACHI – Police September 24 arrested a suspect in the July 17 shooting of a World Health Organisation (WHO) doctor and the July 20 slaying of a polio vaccinator.

Zahidullah alias Junaid, reportedly a member of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was arrested in the Zia Colony area of Korangi town, said Muhammad Ishfaq, an official of Korangi Police Station, adding that police recovered unlicensed weapons from him.

Under interrogation, the suspect admitted to both crimes, Ishfaq told Central Asia Online. Both attacks took place in the Sohrab Goth area of Gadap Town, Karachi.

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Sep 25, 2012

Letters: Fight polio, farm benefits, Asian trade and butts on the beach.

Final effort needed to defeat polio.

Many Canadians are old enough to remember the horror of polio. In the1950s and ’60s, polio killed thousands of children and left countless others living in iron lungs or with life-long paralysis. With the development of effective vaccines, we thought we had seen the end of this terrible disease. We were wrong.

The World Health Organization recently predicted a global polio emergency in Pakistan within three months. In 2011, 73 new cases were reported there, nearly equal to all the cases in the previous five years. Polio is now 99 per cent eradicated globally, but without immediate action, the number of children paralyzed each year is expected rise to 200,000 in a decade. We are failing at the very moment of our victory over this terrible crippler of children.

Experts fear four polio cases in Tharparkar.

MIRPURKHAS: The WHO and the provincial health department rushed to a village in Tharparkar the area to collect samples as they feared at least four children have been apparently detected with polio virus.

Sources in health department said that the children aged between three to six years residing in Jinan Junejo village, UC Mahrano of district Tharparkar, have apparently signs and symptoms of polio and feared that the water being consumed by villagers was contaminated. The suspected polio patients were identified as Majeedan, 3, Uzma, 4, Shahjahan, 4 and Hakim Ali, 6. All belong to Junejo tribe in the village. As the report about the suspect polio cases spread, the officials of health department as well WHO reached the area and collected samples from blood of affected children and sent the same to Islamabad laboratories for final confirmation of the polio disease.

Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson keen to raise polio awareness.

PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson is joining Parliament’s bid to raise awareness of polio.

Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords will gather on October 22 to discuss combating the disease.

It was eradicated in the UK in the 1980s, but it is still endemic in some countries, including Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan.

Mr Stephenson said it was important to support dedicated charities in their work across the developing world.

He said: “This kind of event is vital in raising awareness of polio.

SIAD in high-risk areas to be launched today Confirmed polio case still controversial.

The district health department is launching a three-day anti-polio Short Interval Additional Dose (SIAD) campaign in as many as over 13 selective union councils of town from Tuesday (today) to administer anti-polio drops to children below five years of age.

The union councils selected for the SIAD activity are considered as the high-risk areas in town on the subject of prevalence of poliovirus. The SIAD has been planned after a three-day anti-polio drive that was carried out last week in the district.

We have set a target of eliminating polio virus from environment of the district while planning for the SIAD activity, said District Health Officer Dr. Khalid Randhawa while talking to ‘The News’ on Monday.

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Ban on Polio Vaccination in Tribal Areas.

Emergence of 22 new polio cases in Pakistan, out of which, 50 per cent were reported from the country’s northern tribal belt during the last eight months has sent shock waves to the national and international health experts, who were almost sure about global eradication of this disease.

The local and international health agencies’ efforts to eradicate polio from Pakistan, had received another setback, when the pro-Taliban groups operating in restive Waziristan announced a ban on polio vaccination in the region until the United States halted its drone attacks that have killed over 3,000 people so far, including women and children.

Health of a polio-endemic country.

INTRODUCTION: Events since 2005 earthquake, floods of 2010-11; Dengue fever outbreak; deaths due to spurious cardiac drugs; demands of health workers for better job conditions led to bring health on the agenda of broader political spectrum. Thus, health has become one of the most discussed subjects. Recently, Pakistan also became the focus of the world's attention for being one of the last three remaining polio endemic countries.

ICC T20 World Cup 2012: India, Afghanistan players raise awareness about polio.

With an aim to increase awareness about polio among parents of the region, India cricket stars Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Rohit Sharma, met with Afghanistan captain Nowroz Mangal and few of his team-mates and exchanged bats signed by both the sides.

Apart from Mangal, the other Afghanistan players who were part of the noble cause were Mohammad Shahzad, Karim Sadeq and Mohammad Ashghar Stanikzai.

The bats were exchanged as symbols of both countries' commitment to end polio once and for all. On the teams' return to their home countries, UNICEF will present the bats to the Governments of Afghanistan and India to underline cricket's support in the fight against polio.

During the India vs Afghanistan clash, UNICEF, with the support of the ICC, will display polio eradication messages on the electronic advertising boards and on the electronic scoreboard.

Read more www.cricketcountry.com

Post-polio syndrome affects some who overcame polio in childhood.

Emanuel Poznanski dealt with polio for most of his childhood. He overcame it, but he now suffers from PPS, a disease that can take over his life.

Breakthrough in campaign: Polio drive reaches Tirah Valley – finally.

PESHAWAR: Immunisation teams have pulled off a major health coup in Tirah Valley, ensuring protection against polio for the first time since 2009.

Officials said on Tuesday that they have managed to vaccinate around 32,641 children against polio and other fatal illnesses, such as measles, in the valley, which had previously been inaccessible during polio drives.

Sep 10, 2012

Joanne Brooks, life after polio.

Life after polio, interview with Joanne Brooks, post polio syndrome, before and after, make a difference and share.

Sep 9, 2012

Nigeria: Four New Cases of Polio Reported in Yobe.

Four new cases of poliomyelitis have been reported in Damaturu, Karasuwa and Gulani Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Yobe.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Coordinator in the state, Dr Isa Adamu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that "the two cases reported in Damaturu were in areas with high security risk.

"We can not risk sending anybody to that area because of the high security challenge in that location."

Isa expressed the fear that except there was improvement in the security situation and immunisation conducted, there might be more new cases of polio in the state.

The coordinator noted that about 80 rounds of immunisation had been carried out across the state from 1998 to date.

He commended the Yobe Government for prompt payment of its counterpart funds towards the eradication of polio in the State.

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77 new polio cases found in Nigeria.

SOKOTO, Nigeria, Sept. 8 -- At least 77 new cases of poliomyelitis have been recorded in 10 northern states in Nigeria, a top government official said on Saturday.

The executive director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Ado Mohammed, disclosed this in northern Sokoto State at a polio sensitization meeting with 35 northern emirs.

The existing cases of the wild polio virus were prevalent in 209 wards of 30 local governments of the nation, Mohammed told his audience.

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Sep 4, 2012

Proteins could hold the key to future treatments for a wide range of chronic health problems including Motor Neuron Disease, myotonic dystrophy and a wide range of cancers, University of Sheffield scientists have revealed.

Proteins could hold the key to future treatments for a wide range of chronic health problems including Motor Neuron Disease, myotonic dystrophy and a wide range of cancers, University of Sheffield scientists have revealed.

Experts from the University's Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, collaborating with scientists from Harvard Medical School in the USA, have revealed how a complicated set of proteins called TREX act as a passport for the transfer of cell blueprints which create proteins that are essential for life.

The researchers believe their better understanding will mean they can ultimately fix problems in the process which cause fatal health conditions like Motor Neuron Disease, myotonic dystrophy and a wide range of cancers.

Professor Stuart Wilson, who led the groundbreaking project, said: "Protein production is an essential part of life for all organisms. This process involves reading the code in genes and converting this to a message which is ultimately decoded to make a protein.

Continue reading www.sciencecodex.com

Sep 2, 2012

Hundreds protest outside Atos headquarters then blockade DWP.

More than 500 people rallied outside the offices of Paralympic sponsor Atos in central London this afternoon as part of a day of action called by Disabled People Against Cuts (Dpac) and UK Uncut.

Protesters included disabled people threatened with losing their benefits, Remploy workers recently made redundant, alongside trade unionists and Occupy London supporters who showed up in solidarity.

ATOS protests climax with ‘day of action’ against Paralympics sponsors‎.

In the heart of the city, in the middle of these office blocks, hundreds have gathered to protest.

This is the building where protesters want to disrupt; the non-descript head quarters of ATOS. Paralympics sponsor, but also the company contracted by the government to review - and in some cases cut - the help disabled people in Britain get.

The government has asked ATOS to reassess all 2.6 million people on disability benefit by 2014, in an effort to cut the welfare bill.

Aug 27, 2012

Post Polio Syndrome awareness urged.

Greater awareness has been urged among family doctors of a debilitating neurological condition almost as common as Parkinson’s.

Jul 30, 2012

De förlorar sin behandling.

En stor grupp människor riskerar försämrad hälsa när Region Skånes avtal med privata sjukgymnaster går ut. Det kommer att dröja år innan deras specialkompetenser kan ersättas.

ÄNGELHOLM. Lagen om vårdval ger alla möjlighet att välja vilken vårdgivare man vi ansluta sig till. Och vårdcentralen, som det oftast handlar om, måste kunna erbjuda ett komplett utbud där sjukgymnastik ingår. För de flesta som behöver en tidsbegränsad insats hos sjukgymnasten kommer det säkert att fungera. Men för dem som behöver kontinuerlig behandling av sjukgymnaster med särskild kompetens, kan hälsovalsreformen bli en katastrof. Om man inte har råd att betala fullt pris för privatvård.

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Fluoxetine could be an effective anti-viral.

University of California, Los Angeles researchers have come across an unexpected potential use for fluoxetine—commonly known as Prozac—which shows promise as an antiviral agent. The discovery could provide another tool in treating human enteroviruses that sicken and kill people in the U.S. and around the world.

Continue reading www.rdmag.com

No tuvo el reconocimiento que debería haber tenido.

El Dr. Daniel Stamboulian habló en Radio Jai sobre Jonas Salk, que descubrió la primera vacuna contra la poliomielitis.

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La justicia chilena investiga a un sacerdote de una institución de beneficencia de la iglesia católica acusado de un caso de abuso sexual contra un interno de 37 años con discapacidad intelectual.

Nuevo caso de presunto abuso sexual afecta a iglesia católica chilena.

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Jun 26, 2012

Day of the African Child: More than an event…

One of the biggest threats with any commemoration is that they may run the risk of becoming mere events which easily get forgotten only to be remembered when the next event is on.

But if there is one commemoration that should never be tucked away until the next one, it is the Day of the African Child, which was commemorated on Saturday.

Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela may not have been specific on the African child, but he was nevertheless spot-on when he said: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
He undoubtedly understands the unique position of a child!.

Africa: UNICEF Calls for Social Inclusion of Children With Disabilities in Africa.

Theme of the Day of the African Child 2012: “The Rights of Children with Disabilities: The Duty to Protect, Respect, Promote and Fulfill”.

A 17-year-old, who lost his sight at the age of ten due to river blindness, speaks for many of Africa’s children with disabilities when he says: “I thought it was the end of my world, but with education, I am hopeful that I will be useful in society and not be a beggar in the streets.” Bai Kamara is enrolled at the UNICEF-supported Educational Centre for the Blind and Visually Impaired in the capital Freetown where work is underway to put the Sierra Leone Child Rights Act into Braille.

Millions of children in Africa live with some sort of disability. On the Day of the African Child 2012, UNICEF calls on families, communities and governments throughout the continent to protect children with disabilities from discrimination, violence and neglect, and to provide them with access to all the services they need to grow up healthy and live up to their potential.

Pakistan to persuade Taliban to lift polio ban.

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities will make a move to persuade militants in North Waziristan to lift a ban on anti-polio vaccination teams, which was imposed as the militants believe it to be a cover for US spies, officials have said.

Local warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur had banned the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan, a Taliban and al Qaeda infested region bordering Afghanistan.

Togo: Relieving disabled children from crippling customs.

LOME, Togo (IRIN) – Out of fear, shame and strong traditional beliefs, disabled children in Togo are often ridiculed, hidden indoors for years and neglected, cutting them off from normal life and worsening their plight.

“I was told I was good for nothing. Even my brothers and sisters said I was inferior to them, and they mocked me,” said Sofia Adama, 18, who was left disabled by a botched injection when she was a baby.

Between five and 10 percent of children in Africa have disabilities, mainly due to genetic and birth complications, diseases such as poliomyelitis, measles, meningitis and cerebral malaria, as well as poor health and diet, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Islamabad - Economic Survey: Communicable diseases still major cause of deaths.

ISLAMABAD, May 31: Communicable diseases still account for a major cause of death in Pakistan while health indicators have been slow to improve due to various external and natural factors.

According to the Economic Survey 2011-12, the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) highlighted that the seven killer communicable diseases – tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis (bacterial disease that causes uncontrollable, violent coughing), neonatal tetanus, measles and hepatitis B – affected a large number of poor population.

COMP adopted the use of 1-[(2-Chloro-4-methoxyphenoxy)methyl]-4-[(2,6-dichlorophenoxy)methyl]benzene for prevention of poliomyelitis in patients with immunodeficiencies deemed at risk.

COMP adopts nine recommendations for orphan designation.

In a strategic meeting that was held in London early this month, the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP), a body set up by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to review applications from people or companies seeking 'orphan medicinal product designation', adopted a total of nine recommendations for orphan designation, including four designation applications for very rare forms of lipodystrophy.

Despite intensive campaign on the eradication of poliomyelitis in Katsina State, seven new cases of the infection have been recorded within the last one year.

Five cases of poliomyelitis due to type 2 or 3 recombinant vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) were reported in the Toliara province of Madagascar in 2005.

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Polio and resistance ‘virus’ CDGL goes the extra mile.

LAHORE, June 16: Suspicion of Wild Polio Virus in environment and 450 ‘refusal cases’ have alerted the City District Government of Lahore and health authorities, it is learnt.

The authorities have introduced a Short Interval Additional Dose (SIAD) strategy to meet the ‘crisis’ and even sought the police help to cover the remaining children at grave risk of contracting the crippling disease.

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Karola Rengis - Post-Polio Syndrom.

Gründete Rengis eine Selbsthilfegruppe.

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Es lohnt sich zu kämpfen. Erfahrungsaustausch und Informationen: Die Polio Selbsthilfe bietet ihre Unterstützung an.

Engagieren sich in der Polioselbsthilfe: Dorel Savescu (links) und Erwin Nisch. Foto: Dorothee Möller-Barbian

BAD KROZINGEN. All jenen, welche in den 1950er Jahren an Kinderlähmung (Poliomyelitis) erkrankten und nun unter den Spätfolgen, dem erst seit rund 20 Jahren bekannten Postpoliosyndrom (PPS) leiden, bietet die Polio Selbsthilfe Unterstützung an. Der Verein hat gerade die Selbsthilfegruppe Freiburg gegründet, die sich fortan im Lazariterhof des Park-Klinikums Bad Krozingen treffen will. Unter dem Dach des Bundesverbandes Polio existiert in Freiburg seit Jahren eine weitere Selbsthilfegruppe.

Dorel Savescu (62), seit 30 Jahren in Deutschland lebender Rumäne und Ansprechpartner der neuen Gruppe, war zwei Jahre alt, als ihn die Infektionskrankheit heimsuchte. Nach umfangreichen Therapien stabilisiert, konnte er wie viele andere Betroffene ein beinahe normales Leben führen und sogar Sport treiben. Dann, vor vier Jahren sackte er beim Einkaufen plötzlich zusammen, weil die Beine versagten.

Eine Heilung gibt es derzeit nicht

An eine Verbindung mit der einst durchgemachten Krankheit dachte zunächst niemand, bis ein Neurologe die Diagnose PPS stellte. Damit erging es Savescu ähnlich wie etwa 80 Prozent der einst von Kinderlähmung Betroffenen. Die Zahl derer, die die Rückkehr der Poliomyelitis als fortschreitende, neuromuskuläre Erkrankung mit absterbenden Nervenzellen erleben, gibt der Verein mit etwa 100 000 an. Sie sind mit Symptomen wie Gelenk- und Muskelschmerzen, extremer Müdigkeit, Atembeschwerden oder Krämpfen konfrontiert. Eine Heilung gibt es derzeit nicht.

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Jun 10, 2012

Harcba szálltak a ''Heine-Medinesek''. Jobb ellátásért küzdenek a hazai járványos gyermekbénuláson átesett betegek.

Szakszerű egészségügyi ellátást, a rehabilitációs kapacitások bővítését, megfelelő intézményi beteggondozást szeretnének a járványos gyermekbénuláson átesett betegek, akik tiltakoznak az ellen, hogy felülvizsgálják őket, és csökkentsék vagy elvegyék az ellátásukat. Magyarországon a súlyos mozgássérültek nem férnek hozzá a szűrővizsgálatok egy részéhez, mert hiányzik az ehhez szükséges infrastruktúra. Ezen is szeretnének változtatni a „Heine-Medinesek", akik a hatékony és egységes fellépés érdekében külön szekciót alakítottak a Mozgáskorlátozottak Egyesületeinek Országos Szövetségén (MEOSZ) belül - tájékoztatott az érdekvédő szervezet.

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Jun 1, 2012

Walking Again After Spinal Cord Injury.

May 27, 2012

CAMERA: OGGI IN COMMISSIONE AFFARI SOCIALI.

AGENPARL) - Roma, 22 mag - La XII Commissione Affari sociali, in sede legislativa, ha approvato senza modifiche il disegno di legge recante Istituzione del registro nazionale e dei registri regionali degli impianti protesici mammari, obblighi informativi alle pazienti, nonché divieto di intervento di plastica mammaria alle persone minori (C. 3703-B Governo, approvato con modificazioni, dalla 12a Commissione Igiene e sanità del Senato, già approvato dalla XII Commissione della Camera - rel. Bocciardo, PdL). In sede referente, ha iniziato l’esame delle proposte di legge sulle norme riguardanti interventi in favore delle gestanti e delle madri volti a garantire il segreto del parto alle donne che non intendono riconoscere i loro nati (C. 3303 Lucà e C. 1266 Consiglio regionale del Piemonte - rel. Palumbo, PdL), e ha proseguito l’esame delle proposte di legge recanti Istituzione e disciplina dell'indagine farmacogenetica (C. 4083 L. Molteni - rel. L. Molteni, LNP) e Norme per il riconoscimento della sindrome post polio come malattia cronica e invalidante (C. 3367 Codurelli - rel. Burtone, PD). In sede consultiva, ha espresso parere favorevole con osservazione alla XIII Commissione Agricoltura sull’ ulteriore testo unificato delle disposizioni per la tutela e la valorizzazione della biodiversità agraria e alimentare (C. 2744 Cenni – Mancuso, PdL). Ha svolto l’audizione informale di rappresentanti della Conferenza delle regioni e delle province autonome di Trento e di Bolzano, nell’ambito dell’esame dell’ulteriore testo unificato recante Principi fondamentali in materia di governo delle attività cliniche per una maggiore efficienza e funzionalità del Servizio sanitario nazionale (C. 278-A e abb.). Infine, ha svolto una seduta di interrogazioni.

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The male carers: ‘It’s not in a man’s nature to do this’.

“The immediate response you get from people when you say you’re a carer is, ‘What company do you work for?’ ” says Pat O’Mahony. Since 1998, the 53-year-old has been caring full time for his wife, Margaret, who has post-polio syndrome. He is sitting around a table with seven other local men at the Carers Association’s Cork centre, talking about the assumptions they have faced over many years.

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May 24, 2012

WHO expected to launch 'emergency plan' to eradicate polio.

The World Health Organization is expected to declare polio a global emergency after outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease.

The WHO wants to boost programmes in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the only countries where the disease is still endemic.

It says tackling polio is "at a tipping point between success and failure".

India, once regarded as one of the most challenging countries, was declared free of the disease in February.

There have been large outbreaks of the virus in Africa, Tajikistan and China has had its first cases for more than a decade.

Members of the WHO, meeting in Geneva, will vote this week on whether to declare polio eradication an "emergency for public health".

The WHO estimates that failure to act could lead to as many as 200,000 paralyzed children a year worldwide within a decade.

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May 20, 2012

PERU - Desde próximo año aplicarán a menores vacunas inyectables contra polio.

Lima, may. 19 (ANDINA). El Ministerio de Salud (Minsa) aplicará a partir del 2013 vacunas inyectables contra la polio en la población infantil, con el fin de evitar la aparición de nuevos casos de polio posvacunal, anunció hoy el viceministro del sector Percy Minaya.

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Explicó que el esquema de vacunación de la polio comprende cuatro dosis, la primera de las cuales (al nacer) será vía oral, mientras que las tres restantes se aplicarán vía intramuscular.
“Con este sistema sería rarísimo que algún niño contraiga la polio posvacunal. En la práctica no deben ocurrir más casos. Esta modalidad ya se está aplicando en Brasil y México con resultados muy positivos”, declaró a la Agencia Andina.

Sostuvo que normalmente la vacuna oral –ahora las cuatro dosis son orales- contiene un virus atenuado que, al ingresar al cuerpo del menor, produce inmunidad a nivel del intestino y luego sale a través del recto.
Sin embargo, continuó, en caso de niños o niñas sin respuesta inmunitaria, con deficiencia de inmunoglobulina o con alguna condición genética, el virus puede activarse y generar parálisis en el menor, una de las características de la polio.

“Esto muchas veces no lo saben los padres ni las personas que aplican las vacunas y eso hizo que aparecieran los seis casos de polio posvacunal que el ministerio ya está atendiendo”, agregó.

En el caso de las vacunas inyectables, comentó que el virus que ingresará al cuerpo estará inactivado y por eso, aunque haya un déficit en el menor, no podría producir polio posvacunal. “A pesar de estar inactivado, produce inmunidad en el cuerpo”, puntualizó.

Dijo que como las tres dosis inyectables no producirán una fuerte inmunidad a nivel intestinal, la primera dosis en el recién nacido será de todas maneras vía oral, aprovechando la inmunidad que le transfiere la madre a través de la leche materna.

Minaya explicó que la incorporación de la vacuna inyectable contra la polio forma parte de una serie de cambios al programa de inmunizaciones que está preparando el Minsa, a partir de la iniciativa del congresista Tito Valle.

Puntualizó que esos cambios para la creación de una nueva Ley General de Vacunas también incluyen la creación de un fondo para atender posibles casos de menores afectados por las vacunas y la obligatoriedad de que se explique bien a los padres de familia el objetivo de las inmunizaciones.

Asimismo, la propuesta también propone que se declare de interés nacional en el Perú la investigación y producción de vacunas.

(FIN) RRC/RRC

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May 17, 2012

Nigeria — Sokoto State has recorded two new cases of the wild polio virus Type 1.

Sokoto — Sokoto State has recorded two new cases of the wild polio virus Type 1 and the cases were recorded at Helele and Waziri B areas of Sokoto North local government area where two girls were confirmed to have the virus, a government official has said.

Speaking on the situation, Special Adviser to Skoto governor on Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Comrade Ibrahim Jibril, said the development was retrogressive to the efforts of the agency, state government and development partners in their quest to eradicate the disease.

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'Nice Guys' ringleader accused of hiring prostitute.

John St. Marie, who was spared prison time in the prior case for health reasons, was charged after allegedly arranging to see a prostitute.

John St. Marie, who was convicted in 2010 of running a prostitution ring for well-to-do men who dubbed themselves the "Minnesota Nice Guys," was caught last month by police allegedly ordering a prostitute for himself at a cost of $600.

Because St. Marie is in a wheelchair and needs extensive health care, the judge who sentenced him in the earlier case decided not to send him to prison, noting in part the huge medical costs his incarceration would entail. St. Marie, 68, had made a plea agreement with the Ramsey County attorney's office.

But the prostitution charge filed Friday is a violation of his probation. And again, a judge will have to consider St. Marie's health when deciding how to handle the violation.

"The new charge wasn't something that was anticipated," said Dennis Gerhardstein, spokesman for the Ramsey County attorney's office. "We have to wait until we have the facts in front of us, but a judge will have to review St. Marie's status and make a determination. We don't know what will come of this."

St. Marie, a former assistant Hennepin County attorney, couldn't be reached for comment. His attorney, Dave Roston, said it was too early to comment on the case.

St. Marie needs round-the-clock health care, which he receives at his home in Minneapolis. He uses a wheelchair because of childhood polio, and can move only his neck and a finger on his left hand. Post-polio syndrome forced him to retire in 2003.

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Centre résidentiel Roberval. Le fondateur condamné à un an de prison.

ROBERVAL - Le fondateur du Centre résidentiel communautaire de Roberval, Claude Duchesne, prend le chemin des cellules.

Le juge Pierre Simard l'a condamné à un an de prison lundi à Roberval, pour deux séries de fraudes qui se sont étirées sur une période de six ans.

L'homme qui a favorisé la réinsertion sociale d'un bon nombre de personnes à Roberval se couvrait le visage à la sortie de la salle d'audience.

«C'est certain qu'il n'est par fier des gestes qu'il a commis», a admis l'avocate Justine Guay-Langevin, qui remplaçait le procureur de l'accusé, Me Jean-Marc Fradette, au prononcé de la sentence.

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May 4, 2012

Karla Pfingsten tritt als Vorsitzende zurück

Von Siegfried Deismann

Lilienthal. Der Lilienthaler Seniorenbeirat sucht auf seiner Sitzung am Donnerstag, 26. April, nach einem Jahr Amtszeit von Karla Pfingsten eine neue Vorsitzende oder einen neuen Vorsitzenden. Bereits im Januar habe sie im Beirat ihre Entscheidung bekannt gegeben, ihr Amt aufzugeben. "Aus gesundheitlichen Grünen", wie die 70-Jährige auf Anfrage bestätigt hat. Pfingsten war mit elf Jahren an Kinderlähmung erkrankt und hat in letzter Zeit zunehmend mit den Folgeerscheinungen der Polio-Erkrankung zu tun.

Für sie wird am Donnerstag eine Nachfolgerin oder ein Nachfolger gesucht: Die Vorsitzende des Seniorenbeirats Lilienthal, Karla Pfingsten, hat aus gesundheitlichen Gründen ihren Rücktritt erklärt

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E' possibile la ricomparsa della poliomielite?.

Scritto da Giuseppe Mazzoleni

Indagine virologica nei pazienti con la sindrome post-polio. E' possibile la ricomparsa della poliomielite? Questo è stato il tema del seminario organizzato presso il Centro Riabilitativo Villa Beretta a Costa Masnaga dall'Associazione Nazionale Polio e Sindrome Post-Polio.

Hanno presenziato in qualità di relatori il prof. Toniolo Professore di Microbiologia Medica, Università dell'Insubria Direttore Laboratorio di Microbiologia Medica - Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi Varese, Nina Daita referente “Area Disabilità” della CGIL che a trattato il tema: “Disabilità e diritti - Autonomia e dignità “.

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Jetstar out of pocket even if it wins wheelchair appeal

JETSTAR may well be pondering how many extra wheelchairs it could have provided for disabled passengers, as it weighs the dollar cost of what constitutes ''public interest'' in a disability discrimination stoush in the Federal Court.

Jetstar and Virgin Australia have been accused of discrimination by Sheila King, 78, who is reliant on a wheelchair as a result of post-polio syndrome, and a car crash in 2008. At stake is the business model of the low-cost airlines, which restrict wheelchair-assisted passengers to two per flight.

It was Jetstar's tight margins as a low-cost operator that convinced Federal Court judge Justice Alan Robertson that although Mrs King had been discriminated against, Jetstar was allowed to do so because of ''unjustifiable hardship'' provisions. Mrs King has appealed.

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Polio-Betroffene appelliert: Impfen!.

Margrit Marte lässt Spätfolgen der Kinderlähmung in der Rehaklinik behandeln – Am 5. Mai ist ein Infotag

Von Nina Jahnel
Bad Wurzach Noch bis Freitag dauert die Europäische Impfwoche. Ärzte, Krankenkassen und Gesundheitsverbände haben in dieser Zeit verstärkt dazu aufgerufen, den eigenen Impfschutz zu überprüfen und Impfungen aufzufrischen. Dazu gehört auch die Impfung gegen eine Krankheit, die eigentlich seit 2002 in Europa als ausgerottet gilt: Polio, im Volksmund auch Kinderlähmung genannt.

Margrit Marte ist zurzeit zur Reha in Bad Wurzach. Übungen zum Erhalt der Beinkraft gehören zum Trainigsprogramm. (Foto: Jahnel)

Polio ist eine Viruserkrankung, bei der sich das Virus im Rückenmark festsetzt und Nervenzellen lähmt. Margrit Marte weiß, was das bedeutet. Sie wurde selbst als Kleinkind infiziert. Mit zweieinhalb Jahren wurde die Kinderlähmung diagnostiziert. Zurzeit ist die 58-Jährige, die aus Dunningen im Kreis Rottweil stammt, zur Behandlung der Spätfolgen in der Rehaklinik in Bad Wurzach. Professor Paul-Jürgen Hülser, der früher in einer Klinik im badischen Elzach tätig war, sei der erste Arzt gewesen, so Marte, der ihre aktuellen gesundheitlichen Probleme als Spätfolgen von Polio erkannt hat. Deshalb habe sie sich jetzt auch bewusst für die Rehaklinik in Bad Wurzach entschieden.

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Don’t Give Ground On Immunizations.

It is a bitter pill to swallow to think that so much of the good accomplished through childhood immunizations could hang in the balance and be just a generation or two away from disappearing.

The push for vaccination, especially of school-age children, has helped eradicate some diseases. Other childhood killers have been all but nullified through the miracle of medicine.

It was a matter of a few generations ago that polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the 1840s, the virus had claimed thousands of lives and left thousands of other sufferers wheelchair bound or confined to machines to help them breathe.

Through immunization of school children, poliomyelitis is almost unheard of in the Western Hemisphere since the late 1970s. Those who receive a vaccine against the disease have a 90 percent less risk of contracting the illness, which is why it is still a required immunization for children.

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Paralytic Polio Sebabkan Kelumpuhan Hingga Kematian.

JAKARTA -- Hingga kini penyakit polio, masih menjadi ancaman kecacatan dan kematian bagi anak-anak indonesia.

Bahkan penyakit itu juga berpotensi akan menimbulkan Kejadian Luar Biasa (KLB) dengan jumlah angka kematian lebih tinggi.

Paralyctic Polio merupakan penyakit yang disebabkan oleh virus polio (PV). Kelainan akan penyakit ini dapat menyebabkan penderitanya mengalami kelumpuhan bahkan kematian.

Virus polio (poliomyelitis) sangat menular dan tak bisa disembuhkan. Virus ini dapat masuk ke dalam tubuh melalui mulut, yang kemudian menginfeksi saluran usus dan aliran darah yang mengalir ke sistem saraf pusat yang mengakibatkan melemahnya otot dan kelumpuhan.

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Japanese health ministry approves Sanofi Pasteur's IP vaccine against Imovax Polio

Lyon, France
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 10:00 Hrs [IST]

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved the company’s standalone Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (IPV) against acute flaccid poliomyelitis (Imovax Polio). Imovax Polio will be added to the country’s public immunization programme on September 1.

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LUANDA - Rubbish reduces 40% of efficiency of polio vaccination.

Luanda - Great amount of rubbish near by the sanitary units reduced 40 per cent of the effectiveness of vaccination against poliomyelitis in the country, says the Health Minister, José Van-Dunem.

The official said so during the “Espaço Público programme of the Angolan state Public Television (TPA).

In addition, the minister said that this reduction was mainly recorded in areas whereas sanitation is unfavourable.

“To overcome this situation, rubbish must be rationalised by all the citizens”, he defended.

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