Having an Irish Catholic Mother and Cypriot Father means adding a few more, Baptize, Confirmation, Father’s name and of course Family name… no Kyprianou is not the family name — but that’s another tale to tell. However as a kid I was called Kipper which now days has become Kyp.
So Polio and I or is it Me and Polio??? were first introduced to each other in the London Underground in 1942 or there abouts, however, because of whatever it was not really obvious to my Irish relatives (Dad was off fighting some war or other until one day when I was two or so and fell down a long stair case and landed head first into a bucket that’s when they thought maybe he should be walking or tottering a bit !
Read moreThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was free of the virus that causes polio, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world.
"Today is a historic day for Africa," said Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke, whose commission certified that no polio cases had occurred on the continent for the past four years, the threshold for eradication.
Poliovirus now joins smallpox on the list of viruses that have been wiped out in Africa, the WHO said.
Read moreA list of resources to support older people during the COVID-19 period. If you need or don't need to access any of these services, you might know someone who does.
Read morePolio’s permanent reminders an article written by Dr Nigel Quadros & Michael Jackson Polio Australia that appears in the MedicSA magazine that is distributed to all GP’s in South Australia.
Read moreThe Prime Minister, Scott Morrison's response to Polio Australia's open letter dated 4th of May regarding the US decision to cease support for the World Health Organisation.
Read moreBill Green was around 10 years of age when he contracted Polio mainly in his throat, but it also affected his legs and he spent some time in Adelaide Children’s Hospital, where he had to learn to walk again. In summer he would be wheeled out onto the veranda there where he met a friend and relished time together in the sunshine. Bill was in the Children’s Hospital for around 10-12 months
Read moreI lived in the Murray Mallee when polio hit me just before Christmas 1946. My mother had a one- month-old baby girl and called on the next-door neighbours to look after her when I came out of hospital. My father (wrongly) blamed himself for letting the flies give it to me when we were out looking for a pine tree to take home for our Christmas tree.
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