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Aims
• Promote epilepsy education by organizing epilepsy courses
• Epilepsy care and patient education
• Translational research
• Increase the number of chapters in the region
Promote epilepsy education by organizing epilepsy courses Epilepsy care and patient education Translational research Increase the number of chapters in the region.
Commission activities from January 1, 2008 until May 31, 2009
Commission activities in 2008
• Epilepsy Course on TLE, Jeddah, January 2008
• Epilepsy course Cairo Egypt 12 February 2008
• Epilepsy course Tripoli, Libya 22-24 February 2008
• EEG course in Jeddah March 20-22, 2008
• Epilepsy course Tunis, Tunisia 27-28 March 2008
• Epilepsy course Sanaa, Yemen 20 April 2008
• Epilepsy Course Muscat 21 May 2008
- Epilepsy course pediatric Riyadh 22-24 November 2008
Commission activities in 2009
EEG Course Cairo Egypt 15-16 Jan 2009
Epilepsy course Sanaa Yemen March 5th 2009
Pediatric epilepsy course Alexandria Egypt 23-25 April 2009
Accomplishments
New East Mediterranean chapters are being established currently the Libyan, Yemeni and Sudanese chapters are being formed.
Organizing the 2nd CEMA congress in Marrakech, Morocco 12-15 November 2009
Recommendations for Future Work
Establishment the east Mediterranean Academy for the region Basic epilepsy courses should be organized to raise the standard of the local neurologists. Publication of a regional newsletter.
Hassan Hosny
Chair
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