Report on Epilepsy in Latin America and the Caribbean
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2013ISBN
978-92-75-11776-7
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[Preface] In 2011, the 51st Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) adopted a Strategy and Plan of Action on Epilepsy. The adopted Resolution explicitly recognized the burden that epilepsy represents and the gap in existing treatment in the countries, and it also emphasized that “we are dealing with an important public health problem.” In the context of the Directing Council’s mandate and with the support of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE), we are submitting this report, in which the principal available data for LAC countries on resources, programs, and services for the care of people with epilepsy have been collated and analyzed. This report allows countries to identify their strengths and weaknesses and to set priorities in order to improve the health sector response. The report makes it easier to obtain a more accurate picture of the situation at the regional level, which will, in turn, help to guide technical collaboration in this field.
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Informe sobre la epilepsia en América Latina y el Caribe
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Pan American Health Organization. Report on Epilepsy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington, DC: PAHO, 2013.
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