Chapter News

On February, 10th, 2020 in Kharkiv, Ukraine held an International Epilepsy Day event to support patients. This was an initiative of the Bureau of Epilepsy in Ukraine and the Ukrainian League Against Epilepsy, with the [...]

Paddy McGeoghegan, Communications Officer at Epilepsy Ireland, introduces us to the work of the organisation.   Epilepsy Ireland was founded in 1966 and for over 50 years we have been working to achieve a society [...]

In this article, submitted by Deirdre Floyd, President of Canadian Epilepsy Alliance/Alliance Canadienne De L’épilepsie and IBE Representative, we'll learn the history of the CEA/ACE and about their ongoing work to improve the lives of [...]

  Epilepsy Association of Sri Lanka (EASL) is a not-for-profit charity established in 1989 with the aim of striving to improve public awareness of epilepsy and to facilitate medical and social support for patients and [...]

AVANCE , the school and association for children with epilepsy and special needs was founded in Lebanon in 1997. The association was founded by Arlette Honein. AVANCE is recognised by the Lebanese Ministry of Interior [...]

Community Development and Epilepsy Foundation (CODEF), in Cameroon, was founded in 2002 by Nsom Kenneth Ninying, - community health nurse, whose relatives have epilepsy. His maternal uncle had five children, three of whom were tragically [...]

The Croatian Association for Epilepsy was established in 1998 with the aim of promoting, developing and improving the quality of life of all persons with epilepsy, as well as their families, and enabling a better understanding [...]

In this edition of IBE's Meet the Chapter series Robin Pinkston introduces the Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association was set up in 1996 and is run completely by volunteer workers.  Our mission [...]

In this week's edition of IBE's Meet the Chapter series, Max A. Bangura, Executive Director of the Epilepsy Association of Sierra Leone (EASL), introduces us to the work of his organisation. The Epilepsy Association of [...]