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Post-Polio Health International

Contact Information

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

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

Internet Resources

Abstract

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.

Publications

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.

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Audit

Date Entered: 10/1/1997
Date Edited: 3/5/2007
Date Revised: 10/22/2006 3:24:52 PM
Health Referral Number: HR2467
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