International Epilepsy Day - A day notified for global public education & awareness

The magnitude of epilepsy treatment gap in India is high and is influenced by lack of access to or knowledge of anti-epileptic drugs, poverty, cultural beliefs, stigma, poor health delivery infrastructure, shortage of trained professionals, inequitable distributions of available resources in rural a...

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Published inIndian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) Vol. 141; no. 2; pp. 143 - 144
Main Authors Mehndiratta, Man Mohan, Wadhai, Swati Anil
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.02.2015
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Subjects
Awareness
Convulsions & seizures
Developing countries
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - economics
Epilepsy - epidemiology
Health Education
Health promotion
Humans
International aspects
LDCs
Low income groups
Patient Education as Topic
Periodical publishing
Population
Rural areas
Services
India
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Summary:The magnitude of epilepsy treatment gap in India is high and is influenced by lack of access to or knowledge of anti-epileptic drugs, poverty, cultural beliefs, stigma, poor health delivery infrastructure, shortage of trained professionals, inequitable distributions of available resources in rural areas and high cost of treatment [16],[17],[18] . A substantial proportion of the current large treatment gap in epilepsy in the developing countries could be minimized by educating the primary care physicians about the diagnosis of epileptic seizures, cost-effective AED treatment, availability of specialist health professionals in low- and middle- income countries and need-based referral for specialized care [19] . International Epilepsy Day is likely to improve public awareness and raise visibility of epilepsy globally which will ultimately lead to improved access to AEDs, provision of cost-effective treatment, improved funding for research activity in epilepsy and development of appropriate legislation to protect the rights of all people with epilepsy.
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This editorial is published on the occasion of International Epilepsy Day - February 9, 2015.
ISSN:0971-5916
0975-9174
DOI:10.4103/0971-5916.155531