One Voice for Neurology

In this episode Sam Pauly meets 4 neurologists to discuss the challenges faced in India across the life course.  We’ll examine the role that Brain Health can play in India; how it can be promoted and its role in prevention of and protection from neurological disorders. We’ll learn more on what it’s like to live with a neurological disorder in India as a child and also as an elderly person and we’ll hear more from the WHO on the Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders which was adopted in 2022. 

 With a focus primarily on Sub-Saharan Africa in this episode we explore the challenges currently faced across the continent in accessing neurological care.  We’re joined by neurologists from the region as well as hearing from the WHO on the range of issues and barriers to care, from the low number of neurologists to the problem of stigma and discrimination.   Our guests will be discussing how these challenges can be addressed through education, a holistic approach and understanding of the region and its population.  We’ll also be hearing first-hand what it’s like to live with a neurological disorder in Africa.    

How can the  WHO Global Action Plan be implemented at regional and national levels around the world?  

In this episode Sam Pauly and her guests try to answer this question by case studying the region of Europe and discussing how nations can address disparities and inequalities as well as achieve success through collaboration and with EU initiatives like Healthier Together.   

Neurology is a truly global challenge, with the low- and middle-income countries carrying the heaviest burden. 

This episode is about the challenges facing people living with neurological disorders in different regions of the world, and how governments, healthcare professionals and patient advocates can help turn things around. 

Tune-in and join Sam Pauly and her international guests in the debate. 

Celebrate with us the first-year anniversary of the OneNeurology Partnership and the One Voice For Neurology podcast with our host, Sam Pauly and her guests.

In this episode, we go over the developments and achievements made by the OneNeurology partnership in the last 12 months. We will discuss what we can gain by addressing neurology as ONE, why the WHO Global Action Plan is a game changer, and what comes next. 

Join us in our 9th episode as Sam Pauly is joined by Christopher Agbega from Ghana.  Christopher lives with Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy, and is an advocate and peer trainer for the Ghana NCD Alliance and a projects officer of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations.  We discuss what it's like living with a neurological disorder in a developing country as well as the struggle to reach diagnosis and the impact of Covid 19.

Join us for this special 10 minute episode where we sit down with Dr Dan Chisholm, a mental health specialist at the WHO Regional Office for Europe and take a look at the global cost of neurological disorders and how it can be addressed. 

In our final episode we look ahead and ask what is now needed at International, European and national level. 

We’ll be talking with Dr Tarun Dua, from the World Health Organisation Brain Health Unit and hearing some success stories from Iceland and Norway. 

 We’ll be discussing the Global Action Plan and hear what’s next for the OneNeurology Initiative and how people can get involved. 

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How do we best care for people living with neurological disorders?  

In this episode we discuss why prioritising neurology as a whole means truly putting the patient centre stage.    

We’re joined by a panel of guests from a cross section of the neurology community as well as hearing from someone living with migraine. 

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In our fifth episode we move the lens beyond treatment and focus on research.  

We discuss the challenges of the research in neuroscience and how we can make the case for the value of innovation in brain research?  We’ll also look at the importance of prevention and ask is this a watershed moment for research? 

 We’ll also hear directly a person living with EMEA as well as message on treatment from the neurology community. 

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