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Sociedad Hondureña de Epilepsia Capítulo de la ILAE

The Flag of Honduras. Sociedad Hondureña de Epilepsia Capítulo de la ILAE. Dra. Claudia Amador Dr Marco Tulio Medina Dra. Sofia Dubon. Honduran Epilepsy Society. 1. Dr. Claudia Amador * President 2. Dr. Heike Hesse Vice President 3. Prof. Marco T. Medina Past President

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Sociedad Hondureña de Epilepsia Capítulo de la ILAE

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  1. The Flag of Honduras SociedadHondureña de EpilepsiaCapítulo de la ILAE Dra. Claudia Amador Dr Marco Tulio Medina Dra. Sofia Dubon

  2. Honduran Epilepsy Society 1. Dr. Claudia Amador *President 2. Dr. Heike Hesse Vice President 3. Prof. Marco T. Medina Past President 4. Dr. Reyna Duron Secretariat 5. Dr. Lazaro Molina Treasurer

  3. HONDURAS Is a Central America Country with a Population of 8 millions

  4. Health Care Three Health Systems in Honduras: • Ministry of Health • Social Security for state workers and others • Private Hospitals

  5. Neurological Care • There was one neurologist per 325,000 inhabitants in 1998 • Neurological diseases account for approx. 20% of the medical consultations in hospitals

  6. Formación de Neurólogos y Epileptólogos WFN

  7. Epidemiología (Medina et al Epilepsia 2003, 2005)

  8. TREATMENT

  9. Status Epilepticus

  10. ProyectoDemostrativo en Honduras: Brecha de Tratamiento

  11. Community Intervention (Medina et al 2010, submitted)

  12. Significant reduction of Epilepsy due to NCC (36% versus 13.9%)

  13. Neuroepidemiology Studies

  14. The Salama Epilepsy StudyETIOLOGY OF EPILEPSY (n=90) Idiopathic 8% Neurocysticercosis 37% Perinatal brain damage 8 % Head trauma 3% CNS malformations 2% Vascular 2% Other neuroinfections 2% Other causes* 8% Cryptogenic (occult) 30% Other causes: inespecific calcified lesions, alcohol toxicity, inespectific intraventricular cyst, multifactorial.

  15. Government involvement

  16. Epilepsy Surgery Program in Honduras

  17. Epilepsy Genes Epilepsy genes found in Honduras

  18. Suzuki et al.Nature Genetics, 2004

  19. Tanaka M, Olsen RW, Medina MT, et al Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Jun;82(6):1249-61.

  20. Medina MT et al. Neurology 2008

  21. Group of Patients • Epilepsy (FUNDACION HONDURENA DE EPILEPSIA)

  22. Publicaciones (Books and Journals

  23. Latin American Epilepsy Academy (Academia Latino Americana de Epilepsia ALADE) Founded in Sao Paulo Feb. 27th, 2007

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