World Health Organisation approves draft Intersectoral Global Action Plan

 

Stakeholders brainstorming ideas during the WHO draft Intersectoral Global Action Plan session 


In January this year the World Health Organisation Executive Board adopted the draft

 Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders.

The draft IGAP will be presented to the World Health Assembly for final approval by all Member States in May this year.

In November 2020, during the Seventy-third World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted resolution WHA73.10 requesting the Director-General, inter alia, to develop an Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders in consultation with Member States to ensure a comprehensive, coordinated response across multiple sectors.

Accordingly, the road to IGAP begun in 1997, after the International Bureau of Epilepsy (IBE) , International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and World Health Organisation (WHO) established the "Global Campaign Against Epilepsy" (GCAE) using the tagline ‘Out of the Shadows’.  This resulted in GCAE being launched in the WHO Headquarters, in Switzerland in 1997 and in Ireland the same year during the 22nd International Epilepsy Congress

“In 2015 about 194 WHO member states endorsed an epilepsy resolution titled ‘Global Burden of Epilepsy and the Need for Coordinated Action at the Country Level to Address Its Health, Social and Public Knowledge Implications,” a report by Epilepsy Africa reads.

Accordingly, “the Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders endeavor to improve access to care and treatment, for people already living with neurological disorders while preventing neurological disorders and promoting brain health and development across the life course.

Furthermore, it seeks to support recovery, well-being and participation of people living with neurological conditions, while reducing associated mortality, morbidity, and disability, and addressing stigma and discrimination through multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral approaches,” the report reads.

Former President of Malawi, Joyce Banda, encourages people in Africa to speak with one voice in support of the World Health Assembly Resolution on Global Action on Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders. 


Comments

  1. epilepsyadvocacyApril 26, 2022 at 4:31 PM

    how is this going to improve the lives of people with epilepsy in South Africa

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  2. epilepsyadvocacyApril 26, 2022 at 4:34 PM

    it is good that epilepsy issues are now getting traction though more needs to be done

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  3. epilepsyadvocacyApril 26, 2022 at 4:35 PM

    I hope this is will definitely change the lives of people with epilepsy in South Africa

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