Historic Regional Symposium Unites Epilepsy Community in South East Asia to Prioritize Public Health and Implement WHO’s IGAP
The International Bureau of Epilepsy (IBE), in partnership with the Indian Epilepsy Association (IEA) and Indian Epilepsy Society (IES) convened a historic regional multi-stakeholder symposium “Epilepsy and Society in the Era of IGAP” in [...]
World Teacher’s Day: Fighting Epilepsy Stigma In Kenya
Today, October 5th, on World Teacher's Day, we hear from our Kenyan Chapter on their efforts to work with educators to reduce epilepsy in schools. Report by Keziah Njoroge, KAWE, The Kenya Association for [...]
JM Financial Foundation Partners With Samman Association To Treat Patients In Rural Bihar, India
Reported by Carol D’SouzaSamman Association (Indian Epilepsy Association, Mumbai Chapter) has been looking after epilepsy patients in rural areas since 2007. Our work in this regard started with clinics in Pen, a village nearer to [...]
Demystifying and Destigmatizing Epilepsy For Over 7000 Educators In Mumbai
Samman Association has been working to empower people with epilepsy for over 50 years and raising epilepsy awareness is one of its main goals. The Mumbai Chapter (now known as Samman Association) started epilepsy education [...]
Beautifully illustrated Spanish children’s story Spanish published to improve understanding of epilepsy
'El Mar de los Mil Nombres' ('The Sea of a Thousand Names'), is a new children's story, written by Antonio de Benito and illustrated by Teresa Fudio Delgado. The story is aimed at children with [...]
Latest News from the German Epilepsy Union
An update from Stefanie Pagel, of Deutsche Epilepsievereinigung - an IBE Chapter in Berlin, Germany Today we are excited to share the latest activities of our federal organisation, which of course have been a tremendous [...]
Socioeconomic problems of COVID-19 on persons with epilepsy in Cameroon
Report by Kenneth Nsom, Director of CODEF, an IBE Associate Chapter in Cameroon Cameroon is one of the hot spots of the Corona virus in Africa. Cameroon has one of the highest numbers of people [...]
The effects of COVID-19 – A report from SUDEP Action
The pandemic has brought significant change to the epilepsy and third-sector communities. As a charity specialised in supporting those bereaved by epilepsy, and dedicated to preventing epilepsy deaths, our funding evaporated when UK lockdown hit. [...]
A Floral note from IBE’s Chapter in the Czech Republic
Floral scents that benefits many How did one Prague non-profit deal with the extraordinary circumstances of a state of emergency? With 'magic flowers'! These are created by people with epilepsy and can help those in [...]
