Alzheimer Europe has responded to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) discussion paper on the development of the development of a global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders. In November 2020, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted resolution WHA 73.10 instructing the WHO to develop a global action plan to address the challenges and gaps in providing care and services for people with epilepsy and neurological disorders.
As the first step, the WHO Secretariat developed and published a discussion paper, setting out the overarching strategic aims and vision for the action plan, inviting Member States and other interested organisations to submit feedback. Alzheimer Europe developed a response highlighting a number of areas including:
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How the new plan would align with other areas of work, including the WHO global action plan on dementia
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Disease specific vs. “catch all” policies
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The challenges in the categorisation of dementia
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The scale of the challenge posed by dementia
You can our response here: https://www.alzheimer-europe.org/policy/positions/who-draft-global-action-plan-epilepsy-and-other-neurological-disorders
