SwabhimanSwabhimanSwabhiman- in Hindi means pride, dignity. The main purpose behind this blog by the Swabhiman foundation is to create an environment for the Polio affected to live with dignity, both in real and virtual worlds. Swabhiman seeks to be the voice of, for Articles
Deadly Virus Makes A Comeback
2008-04-25 07:31:00 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Virus , Comeback , Deadly
Uttrakhand gearing up
2008-04-02 14:23:00 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Shunned Polio Drive
2008-04-02 14:17:00 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Drive
Bihar & UP- Ground for polio to flourish
2008-02-08 07:31:00 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Bihar , Ground
Are we losing the battle against Polio!!!
2008-02-08 07:27:00 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Battle
Current Polio Numbers
2008-02-08 07:16:00 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Current , Numbers
What makes Polio a dreaded disease?
2007-10-23 14:56:00 The scariest thing about polio is that 95 percent of people infected with the polio virus do not exhibit any symptoms. Yet while they themselves do not display any symptoms, they can still spread... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Disease
Mission: Polio Free Planet Earth
2007-10-19 13:40:00 For nearly 6,000 years now, since the time of the Ancient Egyptians, Polio (also known as poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis) has been one of the most dreaded diseases crippling and maiming mostly children, with a frightening randomness. Records on Paranoiac stele show that the disease existed in Egypt more than 3000 years ago. Withered and deformed limbs of Egyptian mummies are an evidence for this. An Egyptian stele (stone slab) dating back to the 18th paranoiac dynasty (16th - 13th centuries B.C.) shows a priest leaning on a staff, his right leg withered and dangling. His foot is in the equines position, which is a typical sign of polio. Till as late as 1700's, however, existence of polio remained a mystery even in medical science. The first clinical description of polio dates as far back as 1789 when British physician Michael Underwood referred to it as "debility of the lower extremities." Polio remained the No 1 most notorious diseases in the 20th century till AIDS arr... More About: Earth , Planet , Free , Planet Earth , Mission |
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