WFN/AFAN e-learning Day on Epilepsy

WFN-AFAN 2021 e learning Day

Programme

Videos On Demand*


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Time
(GMT) 0800

Opening; introduction: AFAN/WFN/ILAE (5 min)
Moderator/CHAIR: Angeline Kakooza (AFAN-ILAE) -Uganda; Bill Carroll (WFN)

 

Topic

Speaker

08.10

The epidemiology and incidence of Epilepsy in Africa  (20min)            

Charles Newton (AFAN - Kenya)

08.30

Tackling the burden of epilepsy in Africa (20min)           

Amadou Gallo Diop (AFAN -Senegal)

08.50

Clinical approach to Epilepsy and seizures; Definitions and classification (30 min)

EAN/ILAE (Paul Boon)

09.20

Q&A (10 min)

09.30

BREAK (20min)

09.50

Rational use of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of epilepsy in LMICs (20 min)

Tarek Yousry

10.10

EEG interpretation – a little knowledge is a dangerous thing (20min )  

Lawrence Tucker (AFAN - S Africa)

10.30

Using clinical features to recognise autoimmune epilepsies (20min)

Nadia Ben Ali

10.50

Q&A (10 min)

11.00

BREAK (20min)

 

Moderator/CHAIR: English Hosny Egypt(AFAN-Ghana) /  French: Daniel Gams Massi (AFAN - Cameroon)

 

Parallel sessions

 

 

English

French

11.20

Managing new-onset seizures in Africa and other resource-constrained settings; evaluation and differential diagnosis (30min)

Roland Eastman
(AFAN – S Africa)

Alfred Njamnshi (AFAN – Cameroon)

11.50

Managing seizures and behavioural problems in children with epilepsy in Africa and other limited-resource settings (20min)

Jo Wilmshurst (ILAE/AFAN -South Africa)

Zeinab Kone (AFAN – Mali)

12.10

Management of Epilepsy in special populations: Women; HIV; (20min)

Gretchen Birbeck (AAN) (USA/Zambia)

Amina Gargouri (AFAN – Tunisia)

12.30

Managing status epilepticus in a limited-resource setting (20min)

Osheik Seidi (AFAN – Sudan)

Athanase Millogo
(AFAN- Burkina Faso)

12.45

Q&A (15 min)

13.00

BREAK/LUNCH (90 min)

Time?

Moderator/CHAIR: Mehila Zebenigus (AFAN – Ethiopia) & Deanna Saylor

14.30

Making the case for epilepsy surgery in LMICs (20min)       

James Butler (AFAN - S Africa)

14.50

Diagnosing and managing psychogenic, non-epileptic seizures (PNES) in LMICs  (20min)       

Maria Benabdeljlil (AFAN -  Morocco)

15.10

Establishing an effective epilepsy service in a poorly resourced African setting (15min)       

Birinus Ezeala-Adikaibe (Nigeria)

15.25

The utility and efficacy of Web-based EEG training and e-learning in Africa and other resource constrained settings: making the case of Web-based neurology training in Africa (15min)

Melody Asukile
(AFAN - Zambia)

15.40

Open discussion; Q&A (20 min)

16.00

CLOSING REMARKS (AFAN; WFN; ILAE, AAN, EAN) (10 min)