WHAT IS epilepsy?
NEUROLOGICAL
INFECTIONS
STROKE
GENETIC
HEAD
BASIS
INJURIES
A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION
BRAIN TUMOURS
characterized by recurrent seizures CAUSES
Seizures are due to
BRAIN DAMAGE FROM PRENATAL OR PERINATAL CAUSES
brief disturbances in the
?
electrical functions
CONTAGIOUS
Epilepsy affects people of all ages
What is the IMPACT of epilepsy?
50 000 000
IN MANY CASES
3– 6
TIMES
of the brain
UNKNOWN
GREATER
RISK
OF PREMATURE
More than 50 million people are living with epilepsy globally
DEATH
80 %
live in lowand middle-income countries
75 % DO NOT RECEIVE
TREATMENT
CAUSES OF TREATMENT GAP: - lack of trained staff - poor access to anti-epileptic medicines - societal misconceptions - poverty - low prioritization for the treatment of epilepsy
FAMILY
WORK
SOCIAL STANDING