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We Support a Healthier Future - Healthy People 2020

Post-Polio Health International

Organization URL(s)

info@post-polio.org
www.post-polio.org

Other Contact Information

4207 Lindell Blvd., #110
St. Louis, MO 63108-2930

314-534-0475 (Voice)
314-534-5070 (FAX)

Description

The mission of Post-Polio Health International, including International Ventilator Users Network is to enhance the lives and independence of polio survivors and home mechanical ventilator users by promoting education, networking, and advocacy among these individuals and healthcare providers. Audiences addressed include consumers, professionals, survivors of polio, rehabilitation health professionals, neurologists and pulmonologists. Requests for information may be received by telephone, mail, e-mail and in person.

Online Resources

Disability Resources: Post-Polio Syndrome
http://www.post-polio.org/net/dis-res1.html

Print Resources

Serial Publication: Post-Polio Health, formerly Polio Network News, a quarterly newsletter. General Publications: Information about the Late Effects of Polio, Handbook on the Late Effects of Poliomyelitis for Physicians and Survivors--Both available in bulk quantities.