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The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) was founded in 1909
and is an organisation of 96 national chapters.
The goals of the ILAE are:
• To advance and disseminate knowledge about epilepsy
• To promote research, education and training
• To improve services and care for patients, especially by prevention, diagnosis
and treatment
Information about
the International League Against Epilepsy
- ILAE
has national chapters in 98
countries with over 15,000 members. Each national chapter has
elected officers and members who are doctors and other health
care professionals interested in epilepsy.
- ILAE
has a Executive Committee of nine people, with officers elected for four year terms by the
national chapters.
- ILAE
is funded from membership fees, Epilepsia
subscriptions, congresses and from sponsorships and charitable
donations.
- ILAE
has offices in Brussels, Belgium and
Connecticut, USA.
- ILAE
publishes an official journal, Epilepsia,
which is the leading, most authoritative source for current clinical
and research results on all aspects of epilepsy.
- ILAE
publishes a membership newsletter, Epigraph,
which is sent out twice a year.
- ILAE
holds scientific congresses
on a regular basis:
- International
congresses every two years in conjunction with the International
Bureau For Epilespy (IBE)
- Regional congresses
in each of its regions every two years
- National congresses
annually by each national chapter
- ILAE
has formal links with the World
Health Organization (for the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy)
and with the International Bureau for Epilepsy (the worlds leading
lay persons epilepsy association), the World Health Organisation
and the International Bureau For Epilepsy.
ILAE also conducts, in conjunction with WHO, a global
campaign entitled “Out
of the Shadows” the aim of which is to increase public and
professional awareness of epilepsy, as a universal treatable brain
disorder.
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