Comprehensive management of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas: lessons learnt from community-based surveys

Comprehensive management of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas: lessons learnt from community-based surveys

Abstract Background Onchocerciasis-endemic regions are known to have a high epilepsy prevalence. Limited resources in these areas and poor access to healthcare by persons with epilepsy (PWE) result in a wide anti-epileptic treatment gap, poor seizure control and a high burden of seizure-related comp...

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Main Authors: Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Marieke C. J. Dekker, Richard Idro, Michel Ndahura Mandro, Pierre-Marie Preux, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Robert Colebunders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Epilepsy
Onchocerciasis
Community-based approach
Comprehensive management
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-019-0523-y

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