World Federation of Neurology News

WFN President Dr. Wolfgang Grisold discusses implications of the current global situation, internal developments and plans at the WFN, an update on COVID with regard to the WFN, the International Global Action Plan (IGAP) of the WHO, and World Brain Day 2022, devoted to Brain Health for All.

The International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE), the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) invite the members of all four organizations and other interested parties to join the webinar to discuss the outcomes of the assembly and to reaffirm their commitment to continue to work together to achieve the IGAP targets. 

We have reviewed the pertinent literature and news published over the past month, and present this update on Neurology and Covid. This past month, there were several interesting articles focused on the neurologic manifestations and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.  We also found updates and new insights on some COVID-related neurologic sequelae.

An interesting study regarding hospitalized COVID-19 patients was an international multicenter prospective observational study which looked at the neurologic manifestations.  Out of over 16,000 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 across various sites over the span of a year, serious neurological complications were found in 12.9% of patients, including 10.2% with encephalopathy at admission, and 2.0% with stroke, 1.5% with seizures, and 0.4% with meningitis/encephalitis at admission.  

The WFN mission is to "foster quality neurology and brain health worldwide" and this year the WFN is offering up to 6 grants of up to $25,000 with a maximum spend of $100,000.

The WFN March 2021 issue of the OPEN ACCESS journal eNeurologicalSci Vol. 26 is now available online.