The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common conditions affecting the
poorest 500 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and together produce a …

Epilepsy is a common disorder, particularly in poor areas of the world, and can have a
devastating effect on people with the disorder and their families. The burden of epilepsy in …

Background Comparable data on the global and country-specific burden of neurological
disorders and their trends are crucial for health-care planning and resource allocation. The …

Purpose: To estimate the burden of lifetime epilepsy (LTE) and active epilepsy (AE) and
examine the influence of study characteristics on prevalence estimates. Methods: We …

Worldwide, about 65 million people are estimated to have epilepsy. Epidemiologic studies
are necessary to define the full public health burden of epilepsy; to set public health and …

Objective: To estimate the pooled incidence of epilepsy from published studies and
investigate sources of heterogeneity in the estimates. Methods: We searched online …

Epilepsy is a common neurological disease in tropical countries, particularly in sub-Saharan
Africa. Previous work on epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa has shown that many cases are …

Bacterial meningitis is a devastating infection, with a case fatality rate of up to 30% and 50%
of survivors developing neurological complications. These include short-term complications …

Background The prevalence of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa seems to be higher than in
other parts of the world, but estimates vary substantially for unknown reasons. We assessed …

Aims. Mortality-associated burden of disease estimates from the Global Burden of Disease
2010 (GBD 2010) may erroneously lead to the interpretation that premature death in people …