Post-Polio Community Calendar
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2010
SEPTEMBER 1-3, 2010. The Brazilian Post-Polio Association (Associação Brasileira de PósPoliomielite and SPP Syndrome, Syndrome PósPoliomielite) has contributed two chapters to “History of Poliomyelitis (A História da Poliomielite)” a book to be released on opening day of the Fourth History of Disease Seminar (IV SEMINÁRIO HISTÓRIA DAS DOENÇAS), September 1, 2010 at 5 pm in the Auditorium of the Museum of Life, Campus Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro. An exhibition, "A World Without Polio,” will be on display from September 1-3, 2010. For details, contact abraspp@abraspp.org.br.
SEPTEMBER 8 (Dinner) and 9 (Mini-Conference and AGM), 2010. Post-Polio Support Society of New Zealand Inc., Airport Inn in Hamilton . To register, visit: www.postpolio.org.nz/conference_2010 , complete the registration form and send it to Mrs Edith Morris, PO Box 12 357, Hamilton 3248 by 1 September 2010. www.postpolio.org.nz; 0800 476 546.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010. The Post-Polio Support Group of Maine will embark on their 25th year of operation with a celebration at the Calumet Club in Augusta, Maine. Guest speaker: Joan L. Headley. Check www.ppsgm.org.
OCTOBER 16, 2010 (Saturday). Ohio Polio Network Conference, Main (Indoor) Pavilion, Tuscora Park, 161 Tuscora Ave NW, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Guest speaker: Dr. William DeMayo, Post-Polio Program, John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. For registration information, see www.ohiopolionetwork.org/id50.html
NOVEMBER 21, 2010 (Sunday 9:00 am-2:30 pm). Breathing & Sleep, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California (Directions). Download the Breathing & Sleep Symposium brochure. Contact: Gladys Swensrud (swensrud@pacbell.net) or Salk Institute for Biological Studies (858-453-4100).
2011
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 2, 2011. Post-Polio Syndrome – a challenge of today. Hotel Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, Copenhagen, Denmark. Click here for the first announcement and call for papers. Hosted by P T U (The Danish Society of Polio and Accident Victims) and European Polio Union.