TY - JOUR
T1 - Epilepsy Care in Latin America and the Caribbean
T2 - Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities
AU - Rubinos, Clio
AU - San-Juan, Daniel
AU - Alva-Diaz, Carlos
AU - Burneo, Jorge
AU - Fernandez, Andres
AU - Mayor-Romero, Luis Carlos
AU - Vidaurre, Jorge
AU - Rios-Pohl, Loreto
AU - Bruzzone, Maria Jose
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s).
PY - 2024/4/17
Y1 - 2024/4/17
N2 - The burden of epilepsy in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region causes a profound regional impact on the health care system and significantly contributes to the global epilepsy burden. As in many other resource-limited settings worldwide, health care professionals and patients with epilepsy in LAC countries face profound challenges due to a combination of factors, including high disease prevalence, stigmatization of epilepsy, disparities in access to care, limited resources, substantial treatment gaps, insufficient training opportunities for health care providers, and a diverse patient population with varying needs. This article presents an overview of the epidemiology of epilepsy and discusses the principal obstacles to epilepsy care and key contributors to the epilepsy diagnosis and treatment gap in the LAC region. We conclude by highlighting various initiatives across different LAC countries to improve epilepsy care in marginalized communities, listing strategies to mitigate treatment gaps and facilitate better health care access for patients with epilepsy by enhancing the epilepsy workforce.
AB - The burden of epilepsy in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region causes a profound regional impact on the health care system and significantly contributes to the global epilepsy burden. As in many other resource-limited settings worldwide, health care professionals and patients with epilepsy in LAC countries face profound challenges due to a combination of factors, including high disease prevalence, stigmatization of epilepsy, disparities in access to care, limited resources, substantial treatment gaps, insufficient training opportunities for health care providers, and a diverse patient population with varying needs. This article presents an overview of the epidemiology of epilepsy and discusses the principal obstacles to epilepsy care and key contributors to the epilepsy diagnosis and treatment gap in the LAC region. We conclude by highlighting various initiatives across different LAC countries to improve epilepsy care in marginalized communities, listing strategies to mitigate treatment gaps and facilitate better health care access for patients with epilepsy by enhancing the epilepsy workforce.
KW - Latin America
KW - epilepsy
KW - global
KW - neurology
KW - resource-limited settings
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85188181865&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1055/s-0044-1782616
DO - 10.1055/s-0044-1782616
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85188181865
SN - 0271-8235
VL - 44
SP - 130
EP - 146
JO - Seminars in Neurology
JF - Seminars in Neurology
IS - 2
ER -