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Making Epilepsy a Health Priority in Africa - Double Celebration with WHA Resolution 68:20, now WHA 73 + International Disability Day Date: 3rd December, 2020 Time: 1:00 pm Pretoria time (-2 hrs GMT, -1 hr WAT and CET, + 1 hr EAT, +2 hrs Mauritius/Seychelles) Moderator: Comfort Mussa (Cameroon) This time we will have two [...]

Mr. Frederick Beuchi from Kenya, an Epilepsy Activist and National Secretary for the National Epilepsy Coordination Committe in Kenya. Mr. Beuchi spoke on "Putting WHA Resolution 68:20 on Mount Kilimanjaro", during one of our most recent webinar meeting on "Making Epilepsy a Health Priority in Africa- WHA Resolution 68:20, Youth with Epilepsy across Africa Speak [...]

Ms Nina Mago (IBE Golden Light Award Winner) from the Purple Bench Uganda, was one of the speakers during the webinar hosted by IBE-Africa on "Making Epilepsy a Health Priority in #Africa - WHA Resolution 68:20 (Youth with epilepsy across Africa).

Mr. Kudakwashe Dube, Director General of African Disability Alliance and the Chairperson for Action Disability and Development (ADD). Mr. Dube spoke on "The role of media in promoting Epilepsy in Africa - Learning from disability advocacy".

Dr Florence Baingana, World Health Organization Afro Regional Mental Health Policy and Planning Coordinator, spoke on "Epilepsy in Africa Today - WHO's Perspective".

PETITION FROM AFRICAN YOUTHS WITH EPILEPSY & THEIR FRIENDS TO: MINISTERS OF HEALTH & PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES OF HEALTH ACROSS AFRICA 20th October, 2020 Download the petition in English Download the petition in French Download the petition in Portuguese We the youths with epilepsy from Africa and our friends gathered here in a virtual meeting on the 20th of October, 2020 would like to send this [...]