The aim of the project is to increased adequate care and treatment for paediatric epilepsy in Ndola, Zambia.
Activities:
- Training seminars and follow up of medical staff in epilepsy
- Set up of an epilepsy ward inside Cicetekelo Clinic for children (including disable children or from the neighbourhood)
- Training of community health workers
- Outreach activities addressing people with epilepsy
- Lobbying activities towards MoH
- Provision of medicines for epilepsy (fundraising and agreement with MoH)
- Awareness activities on epilepsy
Start date: 1 February 2022 | Proposed end date: 1 February 2025
Region: Africa
Languages: English, Bemba
Lead institution: Association Pope John XXIII
Location: Ndola, Zambia
Principal investigator / organizer: Centro Laici Italiani per le Missioni (CELIM)
Patient age: Pediatric
Type of project: Community education, Advocacy, Stigma, Capacity building, Healthcare professional education
Funding sources: European Union
Project needs: Medication
Contact: Ornella Ciccone, Istituto Serafico di Assisi (Italy), Children’s Hospital University Teaching Hospitals (Zambia)