The cover of this issue shows a portrait photo of Francesca Sofia, who has been elected as IBE President 2021-2025. She becomes President-elect until the start of her term in late August.
This is the first issue of 2021 and, while most of us still struggle with Covid-19 restrictions that affect our day to day lives and under which we have been living in one guise or another for the last year, work at IBE continues apace.
In this issue of the magazine we feature news on an important new campaign on Epilepsy & Pregnancy and the urgent need to address the information gap that still exists in this area. The importance of making sure that all women of childbearing age are to be fully informed on the issues around epilepsy and pregnancy cannot be overstated.
On different note, we congratulate the seven young people who have been selected to receive a Golden Light Award at the Latin American Epilepsy congress in late February. We also call for nominations for the International Golden Light awards, open to all IBE chapters.
Also on the topic of awards, we share with you the names of those who have been selected to receive the Lifetime Achievement, Social Accomplishment and Ambassador for Epilepsy awards at the 34th International Epilepsy Congress in August.
And we bring you a very interesting report on an epilepsy survey carried out in South Africa.
Happy reading!
Ann Little
Editor
