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This week at PHI ...
APRIL 15th-17th, 2010 (15-17 de abril de 2010)
14th International Conference on Mechanical Ventilation (14a Conferencia International sobre Ventilación Mecánica), Ventilator-Associated Damage and Disease-Specific Ventilation (Lesión Asociada con el Respirador y Ventilación Específica) at Hotel Boston – Zaragoza, Spain. The program of the is designed for medical residents and specialists in Critical Care Medicine, Anaesthesiology, Respiratory Medicine, and other specialists with expertise and special interest in acute lung injury and ventilatory support. For more information, go to www.mechanicalventilationconference.com.
DEADLINE EXTENDED : Post-Polio Health International’s deadline for Phase 1 of proposals for the 2011 $25,000 research award has been extended to March 31, 2010. Details are available at www.post-polio.org/res/rfcall.html. If you have questions, call Joan L. Headley at 314-534-0475 or email director@post-polio.org.
EDUCATION ...
Explore information for polio survivors, families and health professionals.
- Post-Polio Health
- Remember POLIO? Have you heard about the LATE EFFECTS OF POLIO?
- Handbook on the Late Effects of Poliomyelitis for Physicians and Survivors
- Access to publications, journal articles, etc., specifically for health professionals.
- Books about the Polio Experience
- Post-Polio Wellness Retreats (Videos from April Wellness Retreat)
- CD of Program Booklets Now Available: Daily program booklets (Thursday–60 pgs; Friday–98 pgs; Saturday–70 pgs) from PHI’s 10th International Conference: Living with Polio in the 21st Century are now available. In PDF format on a single CD, the files contain abstracts and handouts.
Here is a sample of what is on the CD:.
From Thursday: Polio – The Legacy of Warm Springs, Outline of Post-Polio Assessment
From Friday: Benefits and Techniques of Aquatic Therapy, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
From Saturday: Bladder Inconveniences, Polypharmacy: Making It All Work
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ADVOCACY ...
Investigate and actively support current issues affecting the lives of polio survivors.
- Support PHI initiatives, other advocacy organizations and connect with other advocacy resources.
RESEARCH ...
Learn about The Research Fund of PHI and opportunities to participate in research.
- PHI's SIXTH RESEARCH GRANT: CALL FOR PROPOSALS NEW!!
- THE FIFTH AWARD (2009) – $25,000 was awarded to team from University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
- Opportunities for Research
- Invitation to participate in Aging with a Physical Disability Survey Study from the Aging Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington.
- Are you a cancer survivor who had limitations in activities of daily living prior to your cancer?
NETWORKING ...
Find health professionals, support groups; connect at conferences; receive and/or offer help ...
- Find clinics, health professionals and support groups in PHI's Post-Polio Directory;
- Resources for support groups
- Post-polio conferences around the world
- Email requests or offers of help to other polio survivors
- The John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, launched an online registry of polio survivors to track polio survivors.
- Do you offer programs for the survivors of polio in the developing world? Do you want to share your ideas with the others? Do you have questions for experienced groups? Post-Polio Health International is compiling information about groups in the developing world which are directed by, or for, polio survivors. READ MORE
- Are you looking for employment that can be accomplished electronically and long distance? Send your qualifications to editor@post-polio.org.
- Polio survivors seeking employment
- Polio survivors seeking employment
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