Ambassador for Epilepsy Award 2013

Dr Gretchen Birbeck spends time annually in sub Saharan Africa providing epilepsy care services and conducting research. She is founding Director of Chikankata Epilepsy Care Team in rural Mazabuka, Zambia and lectures at University of Zambia. She developed training materials for non-physician healthcare workers which served as a model for the WHO mhGAP programme in epilepsy care.