The Global Campaign Against Epilepsy “
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Out of the Shadows”
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A Global Campaign Against Epilepsy Demonstrat
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ion Project
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Global Campaign Against Epilepsy
Biology, Diagnosis and Treatment, Epidemiology and Prevention
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Overview
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders globally. The
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WHO epilepsy technical brief aims to strengthen action for epilepsy and complements the Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders 2022–2031.
The technical brief presents the key information on epilepsy and recommends actions to policy makers and other stakeholders. Using the concept of levers for change introduced by the Operational Framework for Primary Health Care, it identifies actions on the policy and operational levels that stakeholders should take to strengthen services for people with epilepsy using a person-centered approach based on human rights and universal health coverage.
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Global Education Review, 3(3).4-27
www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.02.020405 ~ December 2012 • Vol. 2 No. 2 • 020405
This handbook aims to give practical guidance to support development organisations to mainstream disability into their work. It is primarily intended for VSO programmes, but could be useful to other development actors interested in mainstreaming disability, such as NGOs, gover
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nment and donors
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Epilepsy is one of the world’s most common chronic neurological disorders. Roughly 50 million people
suffer from it, 5 million
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of them in the Region of the Americas . Nevertheless, it is estimated that over
50% of these people in Latin America and the Caribbean have no access to services. Furthermore,
the stigma attached to people with epilepsy is a barrier to the exercise of their human rights and social
integration.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001, 79 (4)
Цель настоящего доклада — повысить осведомленность о деменции как
одной из приоритетных проблем общественного здравоохранения, сформу-
лировать подход к этой п
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облеме с точки зрения общественного здравоох-
ранения и призвать к принятию надлежащих мер на международном
и национальном уровнях на основе принципов вовлечения, интеграции,
справедливости и доказательности.
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October 2009 | Volume 6 | Issue 10 | e1000162
Brief review of selected topics
The following pages provide a focus on selected areas in relation to neurology.
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The specialists who contributed the reviews are listed in the Project Team and Partners
Neurology Atlas (2004)
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Many groups in sub-Saharan Africa have historically linked persons with disabilities with witchcraft as a component of a wider link between accusat
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ions of witchcraft and socially marginalized populations. It is commonly assumed that traditional prejudices towards persons with disabilities are receding in light of urbanization, education, mass media and efforts to confront such prejudice and stigma by governments,
disability advocates and civil society. Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by many African countries is considered an additional impetus for change.
Working Paper Series: No. 30
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