Welcome to the May-June 2025 issue of World Neurology. In this issue, Prof. Wolfgang Grisold, president of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN), updates readers on many exciting WFN activities, including the upcoming special Council of Delegates (COD) meeting and our ongoing advocacy and educational initiatives. These include World Brain Day 2025 in July and preparations for the XXVII World Congress of Neurology (WCN), which will be held Oct. 12-15, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea.
Drs. Aida Suárez-Gonzalez, Morris Freedman, Thomas Bak, Adesola Ogunniyi, Gladys E. Maestre, and Raj Kalaria provide their detailed report on the Dementia and Brain Aging in Low-and Middle-Income Countries symposium that was held Dec. 3-6, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya. This issue also includes reports from three young neurologists who were recipients of WFN Junior Traveling Fellowships. Each attended important international conferences and presented their research.
In the History column, Drs. Peter J. Koehler and Nadeem Toodayan provide a well-illustrated report on the First International Neurology Congress that was held in 1931 in Bern, Switzerland. It was the forerunner to the World Congresses of Neurology (WCN), and their report is nicely timed in anticipation of the upcoming WCN in Seoul.
Dr. Chandrashekhar Meshram reports on the Orange City Aarogya Film Festival for Health Awareness that occurred in March 2025, in Nagpur, India. The article features many nice examples of the media coverage of this successful and unique two-day event.
This issue also features a heartfelt In Memoriam for Prof. Dr. Jan van Gijn, a neurological legend, written by Prof. Peter J. Koehler and Prof. Marianne de Visser.
We again thank all neurologists and neurologic trainee readers in all regions of the world for their interest in the WFN and World Neurology. We also look forward to your celebrations of World Brain Day (WBD) 2025, Brain Health for All Ages, on July 22, 2025. We hope to receive illustrated reports from around the globe about the many and varied WBD activities for future issues of World Neurology.
Finally, we look forward to seeing many of you at WCN 2025 in October in Seoul, South Korea. As a reminder, late-breaking abstracts remain open until July 21, 2025.
By Steven L. Lewis, MD, Editor, and Walter Struhal, MD, Co-Editor
Published by Ascend Integrated Media LLC, Kansas, USA
Highlights
President's Column
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WFN in Action Around the World ⧉
By Wolfgang Grisold
WFN Training Center Report
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Report on My Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship in Rabat, Morocco ⧉
By Dr. Khalifa Ababacar Mbay -
Film Festival Raises Awareness of Health-Related Issues ⧉
By Dr. Chandrashekhar Meshram -
From Nairobi With Commitment ⧉
By Dr. Aida Suárez-Gonzalez, Prof. Morris Freedman, Dr. Thomas Bak, Prof. Adesola Ogunniyi, Prof. Gladys E. Maestre, and Prof. Raj Kalaria
Junior Travelling Fellowships
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Poster Presentations, Neurology and Art, and More ⧉
By Dr. Dulari Gupta -
Learning New Skills for Movement Disorders ⧉
By Dr. Purushottam Singh and Dr. Cheshta Arora
In Memorium
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Prof. Jan van Gijn (1942-2025) ⧉
By Peter J. Koehler and Marianne de Visser
History
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The First International Neurology Congress in Bern ⧉
By Peter J. Koehler and Nadeem Toodayan
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