Increasing public and professional awareness of epilepsy as a universal treatable brain disease
Stand Up for Epilepsy® – working together to make a difference
Bringing epilepsy out of the shadows and in to the light
Encouraging governments and departments of health to address the needs of people with epilepsy
Increasing public and professional awareness of epilepsy as a universal treatable brain disease
Stand Up for Epilepsy® – working together to make a difference
Bringing epilepsy out of the shadows and in to the light
Encouraging governments and departments of health to address the needs of people with epilepsy
18th – February 2013: European Epilepsy Day was celebrated in the European Parliament through a series of events organised by the IBE/ILAE Joint Task Force – Epilepsy Advocacy Europe. Representing the Task Force in Brussels were Mike Glynn, Emilio Perucca, Janet Mifsud and Ann Little. PHOTOGRAPHED AT EED 2013 IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (left-right): Jim [...]
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DOWNLOAD PDF OF FULL PRESS RELEASE – CLICK HERE EPILEPSY – AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY IN EUROPE PREVALENCE & COSTS OF EPILEPSY A Workshop hosted by Gay Mitchell MEP EEP Date: Tuesday 19 February 2013 Room: ASP 5E3 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 Speakers: Dr Christine Linehan (Ireland) : Prof Torbjörn Tomson (Sweden) Across three decades, 76 [...]
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DOWNLOAD PDF OF FULL PRESS RELEASE – CLICK HERE Veronika is 12 years old Her dream is to become a famous gymnast All Veronika wants to do is to practice her sport so that one day her dream might become a reality. So, what’s preventing her from achieving her dream? Come and meet Veronika, watch [...]
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The World Health Assembly has appointed Dr Margaret Chan as director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a second term, extending her role to June 30, 2017. She has been in the position since 2006. In her acceptance speech for her second term in office she said the biggest challenge for the WHO [...]
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Dr Shichuo Li, Co Chair of the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy and President of the China Association Against Epilepsy meets with Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director General Following the recent launch of the WHO Mental Health Intervention Guide to make care more acceptable, as an activity of the mhGAP project, the WHO has created a [...]
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Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Mike Glynn and Nico Moshé, Co-Chairs of the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy PRESS RELEASE (Please scroll down to read the full text of Dr. Chan message) New intervention guide to facilitate the management of depression, alcohol use disorders, epilepsy and other common mental disorders in the [...]
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The Global Campaign Task Force, with an international membership, is charged with putting into action a Strategic Plan for the Global Campaign and ensuring that the goals set in the developed plan are achieved.
Epilepsy has no regional boundaries. However, the challenges faced by people with epilepsy can differ from region to region and this is reflected in the divergence of activities introduced at local level.
Since the launch of the campaign in 1997, a range of reports and articles have been produced. These include regional reports, technical documents and newsletter that document the challenges faced and advances made.
