Develop national plans and investment for epilepsy services, prevention practices and research.
Tools
- Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders 2022–2031: implementation toolkit, World Health Organization (2024)
- Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders 2022-2031, World Health Organization (2023)
- Toolkit for developing a multisectoral action plan for noncommunicable diseases, World Health Organization (2022)
- OneHealth Tool: A software tool designed to inform national strategic health planning in low- and middle-income countries, World Health Organization (2013)
- PRIME Situation Analysis Tool, Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (2013)
Coming soon from ILAE… A step-by-step guide to developing a national epilepsy plan
Examples
- National Clinical Programme for Epilepsy, Republic of Ireland Health Service Executive
- Integrated Package of Essential Health Services, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (2019)
- National Brain Health Strategy, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (2018)
- National Programme on Epilepsy, Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2015)
- Epilepsy Research Program, United States Department of Defense (2023)
- Epilepsy Research Program: Strategic Plan, United States Department of Defense (2020)
- Improving Services for People with Epilepsy, United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care (2003)
- Initiating a new national epilepsy surgery program: Experiences gathered in Georgia, Epilepsy & Behavior (2020)
- Clinical guidelines from the Priority Epilepsy Program of the public health sector in Mexico, Revista Mexicana de Neurociencia (2019)
- LEY 1414 de 2010: Por la cual se establecen medidas especiales de protección para las personas que padecen epilepsia, se dictan los principios y lineamientos para su atención integral, El Congreso de Colombia (2010)