ILAE spoke with Action Amos, from the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) about plans and strategies for improving epilepsy care across Africa. Leveraged by the Intersectoral Global Action Plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders, four "trendsetter" countries are taking a variety of approaches to engage governments, increase public awareness, and ensure the participation of people with epilepsy in all of their initiatives.

IBE aims to improve the lives of people with epilepsy and those who care for them.

Resources:

Making Epilepsy A Health Priority in Africa

Reducing epilepsy stigma in Africa

Discriminatory health laws and epilepsy: A report on 21 African countries

IGAP Unpacked

The BAND Foundation

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