WHO epilepsy - Infographic 2015

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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


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