Edmund Cheong Heng Yew wins competition by sharing his mother's story of epilepsy "Malaysia Day" falls on the 16th of September. Each year, many events are organised to celebrate this patriotic and joyous day. This year, International supermarket chain Tesco, organised a story sharing contest with six prizes of shopping vouchers worth RM5,000.00 for each
The Brazilian Association of Epilepsy (ABE) is launching a new program to guide and enable teachers and staff of public schools in the state of São Paulo, Brazil to better understand children and adolescents with epilepsy. The “Program of Social Inclusion of Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy in School Environment” project will teach principals, coordinators,
Our special issue of IE News to celebrate the 3rd International Epilepsy Day is full of news on IBE activities to mark the day. In 2016 more than 40 countries around the world celebrated the event and we hope that, this year, that number will increase. We have been using Campi, the mascot for International
To celebrate International Epilepsy Day 2017, we present the second video in our series featuring International Epilepsy Day mascot, Campi the seahorse. In this video, Campi goes with his mum and dad to visit Dr. Cristina Langoustina, hoping to find out why he has been unwell recently. Watch the video to see what advice she
People with epilepsy understand the impact of the earthquake- sudden, unpredictable and shocking. Italian association AICE plan to mark International Epilepsy Day with actions that produce concrete results in favor of those affected by the earthquake: A fund to support the employment of workers with disabilities, a mobile home for a family with drug-resistant epilepsy,
The Norwegian Epilepsy Society (Norwegian chapter of the ILAE) and the Norwegian Epilepsy Federation (Norwegian chapter of the IBE) will together mark International Epilepsy Day by presenting the new Norwegian guidelines for diagnosis and therapy of epilepsy. In addition there will be a political debate around central problems with the care for persons with epilepsy.
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who took part in the competition this year. The judges had a difficult job as there were so many wonderful entries. Epilepsy has truly been put in the picture through the participants’ creative talents. These artworks tell of the personal experience of epilepsy through visual language, allowing
CREATING ARTISTIC WAVES! Put yourself in the frame for International Epilepsy Day, Monday, February 13, 2017... enter our competition before December 31, 2016. You can find out all the details on our Competition Page
The Epilepsy and Environment Association of Georgia celebrated International Epilepsy Day by emphasising the slogans "Epilepsy is More Than Seizure" and "Yes, I Can". A press release was distributed to all major information agencies in Georgia and also to the Ministry of Health Information was published in one of the most popular internet newspaper, Netgazeti. Posters for the
On International Epilepsy Day we were delighted to announce the two winners of US$ 1,000 each in our Photo Competition, but there were over 300 entries and we just have to show you some of our other favourites. First, have a look at the winners of the Phone/Tablet category, Alessandra Prada, and the Camera Category, Kenneth
