The EPU

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The EPU is a growing organisation. In 2003 some people first came up with the idea of starting a European umbrella organisation, in 2006 this became more specific when representatives of 9 countries had a meeting during a Polio Conference in Italy. There they decided to really make the EPU work!

The Board of the EPU consists of the following members:

David Mitchell, United Kingdom (President)
Pat McGillion, Ireland (Vice President)
Tine Tournicourt, Belgium (Treasurer)
Stefan Grajcar, Slovakia (Secretary)
Macrina Clancy, Ireland
Pierre Parrot, France
Michal Haindl, Czechia
Frances Quinn, United Kingdom
Paul Neuhaus, Germany

Medical advisor
Prof. Dr. Frans Nollet, Academical Medical Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The EPU joined:

The EFNA (European Federation of Neurological Associations)
EURORDIS (European Organisation of Rare Diseases)
PatientView, European Patient Group Directory
Fédération des Associations Européennes et Internationales établies en Belgique – FAIB (Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium)

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