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- Beomseok Jeon (Korea, Republic of)
CHALLENGES IN PD CARE – STORY IN KOREA
- Beomseok Jeon (Korea, Republic of)
CHALLENGES IN STROKE CARE – STORY IN THAILAND
- Nijasri C. Suwanwela (Thailand)
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CHALLENGES IN STROKE CARE – STORY IN THAILAND
Nijasri C. Suwanwela
Stroke ranks the first as cause of death in elderly and disability in Thailand. For stroke care, Thailand faces common challenges with other countries eg; public awareness, availability of acute and long term care facility, man power, and financial resources. With the strong collaboration of academic institutions, related professional societies, the ministry of Public Health, many initiatives have been started and implemented to improve stroke care in the country during the past 20 years. For example, stroke fast track program was implemented in one university hospital as a model in 1998, then the ministry of Public Health supported as one of the key policies which results in full reimbursement of the cost in 2008. Other important milestones were the establishment of stroke unit throughout the country, certification of stroke centers, development of stroke guidelines, stroke network, stroke teleconsultation, stroke awareness program and post stroke care. This results in reduction of in-hospital stroke mortality from 17% in 2010 to 7.5% in 2020.
CHALLENGES IN EPILEPSY CARE – STORY IN INDIA
- Bindu Menon (India)
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CHALLENGES IN EPILEPSY CARE – STORY IN INDIA
Bindu Menon
M.D. (Med.), D.M. (Neuro), DNB. (Neuro), PGDCN (Neuro), (London),
FRCP (Edinburgh), MNAMS. FICP, FIAN, FWSO
Senior Consultant Neurologist,
Apollo Speciality Hospitals,
Nellore- 524002 Andhra Pradesh.
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with social and cultural consequences in India. It is estimated that out of the 70 million persons with epilepsy (PWE) worldwide, India contributes to nearly 12 million PWE are expected to reside in India; which contributes to nearly one-sixth of the global burden
The overall prevalence is 3.0-11.9 per 1,000 populations and incidence is 0.2-0.6 per 1,000 populations per year. Neuro infections, head injury and childbirth related hypoxic brain injuries are few major preventable forms of epilepsy in India. There is a wide treatment gap reported between 22 and 95%.
Stigma of epilepsy especially in women living in economically weaker sections of the country leads to several psychosocial issues. They are indeed a hurdle in education, employment, leisure and marriage.
Narrowing of the TG is imperative, particularly in rural areas. Early referrals for drug resistant epilepsy to comprehensive epilepsy centers will reduce the epilepsy burden.
Challenges in epilepsy care in India willbe discussed.