Li Li Min, Sander J W A S
Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2003 Mar;61(1):153-6. Epub 2003 Apr 16.
Epilepsy is the most prevalent non-communicable serious neurological condition worldwide. Unfortunately, the majority of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not receive appropriate treatment. Stigmatisation is the rule. In this setting, the World Health Organisation, the International League against Epilepsy and the International Bureau for Epilepsy launched the Global Campaign against Epilepsy in 1997. This entered its second phase in 2001 and as part of it has set up demonstration projects in the People's Republic of China, Zimbabwe, Senegal and, more recently, in Brazil. The objective of the demonstration projects is to show, through methodological evaluation, that it is possible to establish a model of treatment for people with epilepsy in primary health care settings. The Brazilian demonstration project has targeted regions in Campinas and S o Jose do Rio Preto, both in Sao Paulo State. A task force has been established to assess strategies to expand this project nationwide.
癫痫是全球最普遍的非传染性严重神经疾病。不幸的是，低收入国家的大多数癫痫患者未得到适当治疗。污名化现象很常见。在这种情况下，世界卫生组织、国际抗癫痫联盟和国际癫痫局于1997年发起了全球抗癫痫运动。该运动于2001年进入第二阶段，作为其一部分，在中国、津巴布韦、塞内加尔以及最近在巴西设立了示范项目。示范项目的目标是通过方法学评估表明，在初级卫生保健机构中为癫痫患者建立治疗模式是可行的。巴西的示范项目针对圣保罗州的坎皮纳斯和里约普雷图河畔圣若泽地区。已成立一个特别工作组来评估在全国范围内扩大该项目的策略。
