ReviewThe Pan African medical journal2016
[Epilepsy and acute seizures in childhood in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and hopes].
Review in The Pan African medical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Socio-cultural representation of epilepsy at the teaching hospital of point G, Mali.eNeurologicalSci · 2023Article
- [Clinical and paramedical features of epilepsy in children at the Ziguinchor Peace Hospital: a documentation review].The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- Etiologies of non-genetic epilepsies of child and adolescent, newly diagnosed in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.The Pan African medical journal · 2018Article
- Epilepsy and Malaria in Children Aged 1 to 15 Years in Parakou in 2018: Case-Control Study.Child neurology openArticle
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Abstract
Epilepsy is a neurological disease common among children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although its exact prevalence in this population is unknown, it is probably similar to that found in the general population because of its early onset (60% starts before the age of 20 years) and the absence of bimodal distribution found in western countries. This review acknowledges the reality that current management of pediatric epilepsy in SSA is imperfect. To reverse this trend, the challenges are three fold: better education, improved therapeutics and more research. Doctors need to be trained in the practice of pediatric neurology and provided with working conditions that limit the brain drain. The resources necessary for the proper management of children with epilepsy in SSA need to be identified and provided (better availability of antiepileptic drugs, clear national guidelines, proper registration of traditional healers etc…). Finally, it is imperative that research be conducted to establish accurate incidence and prevalence figures for pediatric epilepsy, so that targeted control measures can be implemented.
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