Polyomyelitis

Goals and tasks

• Supporting members in coping with illness-related problems and in developing new life strategies to compensate for the increasing deterioration (post-polio syndrome)
  Contacts and information among the members
• Communication of new scientific findings about the late effects of polio to physicians, physiotherapists and affected persons as well as to pension offices and health insurance companies
• Providing addresses of physicians and physiotherapists who deal with the disease pattern
• Cooperation with polio self-help groups in other cities and with the Bundesverband Polio e. V. (German Polio Association)
• Educating the public about the need for preventive care (polio vaccination).
• Target group: People who have had polio (poliomyelitis) and their relatives.

Group meetings

• meetings at Backstube Germar, Naumburger Str. 76, Jena
• Usually every first Tuesday every eight weeks

Contact