The cost of implementing a nationwide program to decrease the epilepsy treatment gap in a high gap country

• Main Authors: Gretchen L. Birbeck (Author), Elwyn Chomba (Author), Edward Mbewe (Author), Masharip Atadzhanov (Author), Alan Haworth (Author), Henry Kansembe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Healthcare systems in many low income countries have evolved to provide services for acute, infections and are poorly structured for the provision of chronic, non-communicable diseases which are increasingly common. Epilepsy is a common chronic neurologic condition and antiepileptic drugs are afford...