Journal article
Epilepsy Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities
Seminars in neurology, Vol.44(2), pp.130-146
04/01/2024
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1782616
PMID: 38537703
Abstract
The burden of epilepsy in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region causes a profound regional impact on the health care system and significantly contributes to the global epilepsy burden. As in many other resource-limited settings worldwide, health care professionals and patients with epilepsy in LAC countries face profound challenges due to a combination of factors, including high disease prevalence, stigmatization of epilepsy, disparities in access to care, limited resources, substantial treatment gaps, insufficient training opportunities for health care providers, and a diverse patient population with varying needs. This article presents an overview of the epidemiology of epilepsy and discusses the principal obstacles to epilepsy care and key contributors to the epilepsy diagnosis and treatment gap in the LAC region. We conclude by highlighting various initiatives across different LAC countries to improve epilepsy care in marginalized communities, listing strategies to mitigate treatment gaps and facilitate better health care access for patients with epilepsy by enhancing the epilepsy workforce.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Epilepsy Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities
- Creators
- Clio Rubinos - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDaniel San-Juan - Instituto Nacional de Neurología y NeurocirugíaCarlos Alva-Diaz - Universidad Científica del SurJorge Burneo - Western UniversityAndres Fernandez - Thomas Jefferson UniversityLuis Carlos Mayor-Romero - Fundación Santa Fe de BogotáJorge Vidaurre - Nationwide Children's HospitalLoreto Rios-Pohl - Clin Integral Epilepsia Infanto Juvenil, Santiago, ChileMaria Jose Bruzzone - University of Florida
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Seminars in neurology, Vol.44(2), pp.130-146
- DOI
- 10.1055/s-0044-1782616
- PMID
- 38537703
- NLM abbreviation
- Semin Neurol
- ISSN
- 0271-8235
- eISSN
- 1098-9021
- Publisher
- Thieme Medical Publishers
- Number of pages
- 17
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2024
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9985016422402771
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