Chapter Name: Mexican League Against Epilepsy (CAMELICE)
Report By: Daniel San juan Orta, Secretary
Publications:
- Spanish translation of slide of seizure ILAE Classification, 2017.
- Seizure sheet for patients in Spanish
Summary of Activities:
- Joint Symposium of epilepsy and cannabis in XLII Annual Meeting of Mexican Academy of Neurology 2018, 5-11 November, Merida, Mexico.
- Joint and support the X Latino-American Meeting in Epilepsy 29 September to 2 October 2018, San José Costa Rica.
- Incorporated the ILAE Young Epilepsy Section on 27 August 2018.
- Co-chair the IX International Symposium of Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery, 1-3 February 2018. Sevilla, Spain.
- Organized the XL National Annual Meeting joined to the Northeast Meeting supported by the Mexican Priority Program of Epilepsy, 26-27 July 2017. Tijuana, Mexico.
- Signed a Pacto Nacional de Buena Voluntad between CAMELICE and the Mexican Association of Epilepsy in Children and Adults, 23 March, 2017, Mexico City, Mexico. TV declaration.
- Promoting the Purple Day, 2017 in newspapers, aka: http://www.milenio.com/estados/vivir-con-epilepsia-el-camino-del-estigma-al-mejor-tratamiento
Including chapter meetings, advocacy, public outreach, government liaisons
Challenges:
Get financial support for future meetings, promote the educational opportunities abroad for the members, increase the research awareness of research in epilepsy in our country, get the access to all the diagnostic and treatment available in epilepsy for our patients and members.
Future Plans:
Organized the XLI National Annual Meeting, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, 28 to 31 of august 2019
Officer Election Date: October 2018
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