From a tutu, to the library, MI5 and Adelaide. Anne’s classical story of determination
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World Polio Day 24th October 2020 - Join online Global Citizen event on 21st October 2020
The End Polio Now campaign is pushing for continued efforts towards polio eradication. Join Global Citizen and other members of the campaign on the 21st of October for their World Polio Day event, calling on continued action from the government. We'll also have a survivor of polio presenting on the long-term challenges of polio. Details and booking link: https://events.humanitix.com/worldpolioday2020
Read moreCongratulations Terry
Many Congratulations goes to Terry Haighton in recognition of receiving in the Queen’s Birthday awards this year, the SA Premier's Award in recognition for outstanding volunteer service.
Read morePolio Awareness Month - World Polio Day October 24th 2020
We would like to share in the same theme as Polio Australia.
The Annual Polio Awareness Month is an opportunity to raise the profile of Australia’s polio community and increase awareness about the Late Effects of Polio among health professionals and the wider public. After a vote at one of our recent Zoom meetings, our theme for this year is PPS: “Past Pandemic Survivors”*, highlighting two major points: polio survivors have lived through epidemic-induced isolation before, and Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS, known under the umbrella term Late Effects of Polio), affects thousands of Australians today.
Polio SA AGM Reminder 27th Sept 1pm Thebarton Community Centre
AGM Reminder Sunday 27th September at 1pm Thebarton Community Centre Cnr South Rd & Ashwin Parde Torrensville SA 5031. Guest Speakers Dr Quadros & Technology Ageing and Disability South Australia.
Read moreAndrew Kyprianou - My Polio Story
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 !
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Africa declared free of wild polio in momentous milestone
The 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.
A 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.
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