The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and the Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN) are pleased to announce their partnership to invite two Asian Oceanian colleagues to visit the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
The Trustees of the World Federation of Neurology are now calling for nominations for the 2023 WFN medals/awards. There are 3 awards where suitable persons can be nominated.
On February 6, 2023, two major earthquakes occurred, 9 hours apart, with epicenters in Gaziantep and Kahramanmaraş in Turkiye [Turkey]. Unfortunately, nearly a hundred doctors died in the earthquake and five of them were neurologists.
This issue begins with the President's Column, where World Federation of Neurology (WFN) President Dr. Wolfgang Grisold describes the many international activities being planned by the WFN this year, including the work done with WHO and the UN, World Brain Day 2023, and the exciting plans for the World Congress of Neurology in Montreal in October.
MSIF’s application to add MS treatments to the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List (EML) is now publicly available on the WHO website. The EML has a key role in improving access to medicines globally, as a tool for awareness-raising and advocacy. If this application is successful, it will formally acknowledge MS as a global health concern, and put it higher on the agenda of the WHO and individual countries