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CAPE TOWN 2014
Looking back on a great congress

INTERNATIONAL EPILEPSY DAY IS ANNOUNCED!
International Epilepsy Day, a joint initiative of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) is
set to be launched in 2015.

ECS IN SCOTLAND: The voice and vision for change
A report by Alanna Parker, ECS Chair

EFNA UPDATE
European Federation of Neurological Associations – General Assembly

SMART MONITORS HELP END SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Isn’t it alway the way? You wait ages for a bus and then two come along together. So it is with two great stories about seizure monitors: one from the US and the other from Australia.

NEWS FROM EUROPE
The European Union tells pharmaceutical industry to “lobby better” in Member States.
Epilepsy Manifesto for MEPs

AN UNFORGETTABLE VISIT TO CHILE
Report submitted by Dr Ding Ding

YES for success
In Australia, The Epilepsy Centre’s youth programme has been designed to realise our vision to see young people thrive in life despite living with epilepsy. The overall programme has a broad focus comprising numerous individual programmes that are founded on extensive research and together aim to meet a range of epilepsy related physical, emotion, psychological and social needs.

LIFETIME ACCELERATOR AWARD
Lifetime Accelerator Award Epilepsy Foundation announces 2014 recipient

Chi Fan for Charity Award for Enlighten – Action for Epilepsy