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Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
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Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
01/01/1961 00:00:00
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Rehabilitation in the WHO European region
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Although polio is rapidly being eradicated in most countries, in Spain, a violent wave of polio cases has appeared during the last few years. The disease strikes mostly children and young people and a peculiarity of polio in Spain is that it paralyses almost exclusively the lower limbs. In 1959, the Government asked WHO to help in the development of a national programme for the rehabilitation of handicapped children. Training centres for physiotherapists and ergotherapists had to be established as there was a lack of specialized personnel.
WHO has helped by providing therapists who train local nurses in rehabilitation in various government centres in Madrid.
Unfortunately there are very few brace-makers in Spain and it is often a serious problem to get new braces when children outgrow the old ones. Very often children have to use braces which are heavy and uncomfortable.
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01/01/1961
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Spain
WHO Region
EURO
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