Abstract

About 10 millions epileptic patients live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the treatment gap is more than 70%. HIV, highly prevalent in SSA is a risk factor for epilepsy and WHO indicated to unify epilepsy and HIV/AIDS treatment at HIV centres. The dramatic lack of neurologists in SSA imposes that many epileptic patients are seen by non-medical health-care providers (NMHCP), hence task-shifting is needed. To show the need of education in epilepsy and the short-term effects of local teaching courses to NMHCP in SSA-Malawi.

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