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Title Epidemiology, causes, and treatment of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa.
Full text https://hal-unilim.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01092288
Date 2014
Author(s) Ba-Diop, Awa; Marin, Benoît; Druet-Cabanac, Michel; Ngoungou, Edgard B; Newton, Charles R; Preux, Pierre-Marie
Contributor(s) Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale (NET) ; INSERM - Université de Limoges - CHU Limoges - Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale - GEIST: Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique; Service de l'Information Médicale et de l'Évaluation (SIME) ; CHU Limoges; Laboratoire de Biostatistique et d'Informatique Médicale ; Université de Limoges; Service de Santé au Travail ; CHU Limoges
Abstract International audience - Epilepsy is a common neurological disease in tropical countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Previous work on epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa has shown that many cases are severe, partly a result of some specific causes, that it carries a stigma, and that it is not adequately treated in many cases. Many studies on the epidemiology, aetiology, and management of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa have been reported in the past 10 years. The prevalence estimated from door-to-door studies is almost double that in Asia, Europe, and North America. The most commonly implicated risk factors are birth trauma, CNS infections, and traumatic brain injury. About 60% of patients with epilepsy receive no antiepileptic treatment, largely for economic and social reasons. Further epidemiological studies should be a priority to improve understanding of possible risk factors and thereby the prevention of epilepsy in Africa, and action should be taken to improve access to treatment.
Subject(s) [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Language en
Publisher HAL CCSD; Elsevier: Lancet
Type of publication Journal articles
Source Lancet Neurology; https://hal-unilim.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01092288; Lancet Neurology, Elsevier: Lancet, 2014, 13, pp.1029-44
Identifier hal-01092288; PUBMED: 25231525
Repository France - Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL), SHS
Added to C-A: 2014-12-10;12:30:15