Special Lecture | ILAE-WHO Session: Global Actions on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders
Monday, December 6, 2021
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OVERVIEW:
The session will focus on the landmark Resolution of the 73 World Health Assembly (WHA) and the Draft of the 10-years Intersectoral Action Plan for Epilepsy and other Neurological disorders, which address the current significant gaps in prevention, early detection, care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons and families living with epilepsy and other neurological disorders, and the ongoing need for research in these domains. The major achievements of 25 years of the collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO), the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) will be highlighted. We will discuss how focusing on epilepsy as an entry point can improve brain health and close treatment, inclusion, and opportunity gaps not only for people with epilepsy but also for those living with other neurological disorders. We will present challenges, achievements, and possible solutions in epilepsy care, research and advocacy, including the strategies to incorporate participatory action research methodology into large-scale multicenter studies. The epilepsy surgery treatment gap will be addressed with the focus on pediatric epilepsy surgery.
Learning Objectives:
Following participation in this activity, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the scope, vision, goal and strategic objectives of the 10-years Intersectoral Action Plan (IGAP) for Epilepsy and other Neurological disorders; identify the ways of leveraging the IGAP to improve care for people with epilepsy
- Consider examples of how focusing on epilepsy as an entry point can improve brain health
- Estimate the challenges of epilepsy care and research at the times of COVID-19 pandemic
Program:
Co-chairs: J. Helen Cross, MD, ChB, PhD and Jaideep Kapur, MD, PhD, FAES
Introduction | WHO Representative: Tarun Dua, MD
10 years Intersectoral Global Actions on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders: History and Expectations | Alla Guekht, MD, PhD
Epilepsy: The Entry Point to Brain Health | Samuel Wiebe, MD, MSc, FCAHS, FRCPC
Intersectoral Collaboration: Participatory Action Research in Epilepsy | Daniel Correa, MD, MSc
Epilepsy Surgery Treatment Gap | William Gaillard, MD, FAES
Epilepsy and COVID-19: Multifactorial Challenges | J. Helen Cross, MD, ChB, PhD