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The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) is the international body representing the specialty of neurology in more than 100 countries/regions of the globe. The WFN was organized as a federation of national neurologic societies in 1957. A primary goal of the WFN is to assist low-resource countries in providing meaningful education for its neurologic health care providers and thus improve the neurologic health of its citizens. During the last decade the WFN has promoted the Neurology Education in Latin America establishing different strategies.
世界神经病学联合会(WFN)是代表全球 100 多个国家/地区神经病学专业的国际组织。WFN 成立于 1957 年,是由各国神经病学学会组成的联合会。WFN 的主要目标之一是协助资源匮乏国家为其神经保健提供者提供有意义的教育,从而改善其公民的神经健康。在过去十年中,WFN 通过制定不同策略,在拉丁美洲推动了神经病学教育。