Chapter Name: Bahrain League Against Epilepsy
Report By: Fatema Abdulla

Publications:

Summary of Activities:

  1. November 2019: the mission began to increase the awareness of epilepsy in the community and highlight on the goals needed to be achieved in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Dr Fatima Abdulla, Vice president of BLAE had an interview on the National Bahrain TV to discuss all issues regarding the awareness of epilepsy and future goals. In addition, the message was spread through national Newspaper
  2. 1st Bahrain League Against Epilepsy Meeting: conducted as part of 11th GCC Neurology Meeting in Manama Bahrain. The meeting was scheduled on February 29th 2020 but, due to Covid -19 pandemic this was changed to virtual meeting on August 28th 2020. The meeting was with huge success with more than 1000 participants form GCC and other international countries
  3. Minister of Health was introduced to the goals and missions needed to improve the service in the Kingdom of Bahrain for epilepsy patients. There was an excellent support and support for the ILAE goals presented in the WHO meeting on November 2020.

Challenges:

Future Plans:

Plan to have 2nd BLAE meeting virtual end of 2021

Officer Election Date: