Links


Post-polio syndrome

The American website Post-Polio Health International has good information on education, research and advocacy for people affected by post-polio syndrome.

The US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Mayo Clinic have good comprehensive summaries of the key information about post-polio syndrome.

The American organisation the March of Dimes was originally founded to combat endemic polio in the United States. It continues to be engaged in polio related activities, including preparing public health information on post-polio syndrome.


 

Polio immunisation

Details of the World Health Organization effort to rid the world of polio can be found on the website of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. UNICEF also has an impressive website, End of Polio.

The website of the Immunisation Advisory Centre has information about polio immunisation in New Zealand.