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International Epilepsy Day : Announcement

Posted by admin - July 7, 2014 - africa, eastern mediterranean, europe activities, Featured News, General Information, Homepage, initiatives, latin america, News, north america, Regional Activities, section initiatives, section news, south east asia, western pacific
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The International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) are delighted to announce the creation of International Epilepsy Day. This joint iniativate of the IBE and the ILAE will be a major event celebrated across the globe in the 138 of countries in which IBE and ILAE are represented. With both IBE and ILAE [...]

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Informe sobre la Epilepsia en Latinoamérica

Posted by admin - June 17, 2010 - latin america, latin america documents, reports, section activities, textpattern category import
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Este informe es un documento técnico sobre la situación de la epilepsia a nivel regional de las Américas, que fue promovido por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, el Departamento de Salud Mental y Abuso de Sustancias de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la Liga Internacional Contra la Epilepsia (ILAE) y el Buró [...]

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Demonstration Project Brazil

Posted by admin - February 19, 2010 - latin america, latin america activities, section activities, textpattern category import
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Click here to download the detailed published report. Introduction and situation analysis: Brazil is a country of continental dimensions (8,511,965 km2) located in South America. It is divided into 32 federal units. According to the census of 2000 it has a population of 170 million inhabitants. It has been a Republic since 1889 with a [...]

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Regional Offices Latin America

Posted by admin - February 18, 2010 - latin america, latin america contacts, section activities, textpattern category import

IBE Latin American Regional Executive Committee Chair: Dra Lilia Núñez (México) Group “Acceptation” of Epileptics, San Francisco 1384, 7º Piso B, Col. Del Valle, Mexico DF. 03100, Mexico. Telephone: +525 5520 03474 E-mail: lilianuor@yahoo.com Vice-Chair: Dra Elza Marcia Yacubián (Brasil) E-mail: yacubian@ferra.com.br Secretary: Dr Tomás Mesa (Chile) E-mail: tmesa@med.puc.cl Ex-Officio: Dr Carlos Acevedo (Chile) E-mail: [...]

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Latin American Initiative

Posted by admin - February 11, 2010 - Homepage, latin america, latin america documents, section news, textpattern category import

Dr. Carlos Acevedo, IBE Vice-President Latin America reports on an important regional workshop held in August in Chile. A regional workshop titled “Organic Mental Disability” was held in Santiago de Chile from 19th to 21st August, in which the main issues were intellectual disability, dementia and epilepsy. The workshop was organized by: • World Health [...]

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New Epilepsy Legislation in Colombia

Posted by admin - February 11, 2010 - latin america, latin america activities, section activities, textpattern category import
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People with epilepsy often experience violations and restrictions of both their civil and human rights. Violations such as unequal access to health care, discrimination in the work place and denial of access to education are not uncommon. Legislation based on centuries of stigmatisation existed until recently, or still do in many countries. Well crafted legislation, [...]

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Reporte sobre meeting OMS/OPS en Honduras

Posted by admin - February 11, 2010 - latin america, latin america activities, section activities, textpattern category import
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En la capital de Honduras Tegucigalpa se realizó entre el 20 y el 22 de Agosto del año 2008 el Taller Sub-Regional: Situación actual de la Epilepsia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Desafíos y Perspectivas. Participantes: Dr José Bertolote en representación de la Dra Tarun Dua por OMS Dr Jorge Rodríguez, Coordinador del Proyecto de [...]

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Latin American Declaration

Posted by admin - February 11, 2010 - latin america, latin america documents, regional declarations, section activities, section library, textpattern category import

Under the aegis of the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy, the Commissions on Latin American Affairs of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE), the Pan American Health Organisation/ World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO), UNICEF for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Regional Office on Education for Latin America and [...]

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